Johnson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Johnson Township report 164 jobs, and 500 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Johnson Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Johnson Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Johnson Township stands out on work
Johnson Township and Vincennes trade workers both ways
Vincennes is the top workplace for Johnson Township residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Johnson Township come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Johnson Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 500 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Johnson Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds Johnson Township’s grade up (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Johnson Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Johnson Township could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
36% of working residents work in Vincennes
Where Johnson Township clocks in
36% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Johnson Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnson Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 892 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Johnson Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Johnson Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Johnson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnson Township, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 164. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Johnson Township’s workers travel
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Johnson Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 894 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Johnson Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Johnson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Johnson Township is 472nd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 470 | Mitchell WI | 1,293 | $97K | 2.7% | 7.2% | 4% | A− |
| 471 | Huff Township IN | 1,046 | $128K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 472 | Johnson Township IN | 1,244 | $114K | 1.5% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| 473 | Wright-Patterson AFB OH | 1,508 | $90K | 7.0% | 10.8% | 3% | A− |
| 474 | Orange Township PA | 1,184 | $97K | 3.3% | 1.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Johnson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Johnson Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Johnson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Township | – | A− | D | 25 min | $113,674 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Decker Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Vincennes Township | 11% | C | A− | 16 min | $58,588 |
| White River Township | under 2% | C− | D | 22 min | $63,482 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C | D− | 23 min | $87,563 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Decker | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: not graded. Decker Township, Clay Township and Decker: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Vincennes Township. Darker towns draw more of Johnson Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Johnson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Johnson Township?
$113,674 (±$15,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnson Township?
1.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnson Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnson Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (36%, 7 mi), Vincennes Township (11%, 5 mi), Patoka Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Johnson Township walkable?
Johnson Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Johnson Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnson Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.