Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Lagro Township (11.7%) is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Lagro Township; the top destination outside it is Wabash (27%, 7 miles). For jobs and income Lagro Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lagro Township
Lagro Township is a place people come home to
There are 165 jobs based in Lagro Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lagro Township has about 1,800 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lagro Township and Wabash trade workers both ways
Wabash is the top workplace for Lagro Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Lagro Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Lagro Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lagro Township
The poverty rate holds Lagro Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lagro Township could be anywhere from C to B.
How a workday changes Lagro Township
On a workday 1,118 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Lagro Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lagro Township: the destinations
Where Lagro Township clocks in
27% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lagro Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,084 commuters (the 4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 70% of the jobs in Lagro Township
165 jobs are based in Lagro Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lagro Township, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 165. 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 Lagro Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lagro Township to work
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 of Lagro Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,134 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). 3.3% of Lagro Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lagro Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lagro Township is 2,930th among 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Wills Township IN | 2,111 | $113K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,928 | Pine Grove CA | 3,040 | $89K | 5.9% | 6.5% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,929 | Villa Ridge MO | 2,835 | $74K | 15.9% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,930 | Lagro Township IN | 2,736 | $82K | 5.8% | 11.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,931 | Farmingdale ME | 3,000 | $72K | 13.8% | 4.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,932 | Bolton NY | 1,994 | $103K | 7.2% | 7.6% | 24% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Lagro Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 11% of Lagro Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lagro Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagro Township | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $82,394 |
| Noble Township | 11% | C+ | B | 18 min | $64,539 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B− | D | 21 min | $65,046 |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Dallas Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $77,727 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | B | A− | 24 min | $66,728 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Polk Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Noble Township. Darker towns draw more of Lagro 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 Lagro Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lagro Township?
$82,394 (±$7,116) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lagro Township?
5.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lagro Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lagro Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wabash (27%, 7 mi), Noble Township (11%, 8 mi), Huntington (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lagro Township walkable?
Lagro Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lagro Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lagro Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lagro 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.