Most of Lafayette Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Lafayette Township has 1,110 jobs; 2,158 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Lafayette Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lafayette Township apart on work
Lafayette Township and Anderson trade workers both ways
Anderson is the top workplace for Lafayette Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Lafayette Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Lafayette Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Lafayette Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Lafayette Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lafayette Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #348 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Lafayette Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($63,857, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lafayette Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
21% of working residents work in Anderson
Where Lafayette Township clocks in
21% of workers
18% 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 kinds of work in Lafayette Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lafayette Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,218 → 1,110. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lafayette Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Lafayette Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,083 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Lafayette Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Lafayette Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 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 2,226 commuters (the 8% 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.
Lafayette Township’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Lafayette Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lafayette Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #445 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Lafayette Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,417 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). 3.8% 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.
For jobs and income, Lafayette Township is 2,057th of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 93 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,055 | Cherryville NC | 6,523 | $71K | 12.4% | 3.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,056 | Medford WI | 4,589 | $60K | 7.9% | 2.6% | 48% | B− |
| 2,057 | Lafayette Township IN | 5,289 | $64K | 12.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,058 | Exeter Township MI | 3,977 | $94K | 9.6% | 11.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,059 | Oak Grove TN | 4,626 | $72K | 7.1% | 7.4% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
Work next door: 21% of Lafayette Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lafayette Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Township | – | B− | C− | 27 min | $63,857 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B | D | 26 min | $63,901 |
| Anderson | 21% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $46,909 |
| Anderson Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Anderson Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Anderson. 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 2024, 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?
$63,857 (±$11,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lafayette Township?
12.6%, 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. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lafayette Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anderson (21%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (18%, 35 mi), Noblesville (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lafayette Township walkable?
Lafayette Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lafayette Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 2024, 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.