With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lafayette Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Lafayette Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. 2,126 jobs are based in Lafayette Township; 3,890 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lafayette Township are A for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lafayette Township
Lafayette Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Lafayette Township went from 1,342 in 2013 to 2,126 in 2023, +58%. The jobs ↓
Lafayette Township and New Albany trade workers both ways
New Albany is the top workplace for Lafayette Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Lafayette Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lafayette Township
67% of Lafayette Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Lafayette Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Lafayette Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lafayette Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #40 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lafayette Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What Lafayette Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lafayette Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,342 → 2,126. 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 Lafayette Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in New Albany
Where Lafayette Township clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Lafayette Township
On a workday 3,669 residents head out to work, 221 work right here, and 1,905 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Lafayette Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Lafayette Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lafayette Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,684 commuters (the 13% 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.
The commute from Lafayette Township, by distance
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.
Most trips from Lafayette Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lafayette Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #533 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,258 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Lafayette Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lafayette Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lafayette Township is 360th of 2,922 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 180 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 358 | Summerfield NC | 11,327 | $160K | 7.1% | 2.1% | 4% | A |
| 359 | Leicester MA | 11,428 | $105K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 8% | A |
| 360 | Lafayette Township IN | 8,526 | $118K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 6% | A |
| 361 | Riverside MD | 6,585 | $106K | 5.7% | 2.0% | 5% | A |
| 362 | Litchfield Park AZ | 6,727 | $126K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,922 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Lafayette Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Lafayette Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to New Albany Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lafayette Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Township | – | A | D | 27 min | $118,380 |
| New Albany Township | 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $65,344 |
| Greenville Township | under 2% | A | D | 32 min | $121,435 |
| Georgetown Township | 1% | A | C− | 27 min | $108,287 |
| Carr Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $107,295 |
| Wood Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 35 min | $86,528 |
| Galena | under 2% | A+ | D | 28 min | $127,738 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lafayette 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 Lafayette Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lafayette Township?
$118,380 (±$13,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lafayette Township?
2.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lafayette Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lafayette Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (21%, 4 mi), Louisville (8%, 17 mi), Jeffersonville (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lafayette Township walkable?
Lafayette Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lafayette Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lafayette Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lafayette 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.