Jobs and the daily commute in Lake Township
3% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Jobs and income earn Lake Township C; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 6% stay in Lake Township for work; outside it, Warsaw is the main destination (29%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Township and work: the main findings
29% of Lake Township works in Warsaw
175 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Warsaw, 12 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Lake Township itself. The commute map ↓
Lake Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Lake Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lake Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 45%. 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; with 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lake Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Where Lake Township goes to work
Where Lake Township clocks in
29% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Lake Township
415 jobs are based in Lake Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 450 → 415. 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 Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Lake Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 574 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes to work from Lake Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 660 commuters (the 3% 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 Lake Township, by distance
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.
Most trips from Lake Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lake 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 681 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). 1.5% of Lake Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Lake Township ranks 3,214th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 3,212 | Jones Creek TX | 1,952 | $73K | 15.6% | 7.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,213 | Tatum TX | 1,403 | $77K | 18.2% | 5.9% | 8% | C |
| 3,214 | Lake Township IN | 1,542 | $71K | 11.9% | 3.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,215 | Salt Creek Township OH | 1,100 | $46K | 2.2% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,216 | Pine Creek Township PA | 1,300 | $68K | 9.9% | 5.3% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Lake Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Township | – | C | D | 23 min | $70,833 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $92,353 |
| Seward Township | under 3% | B− | D | 24 min | $77,267 |
| Pleasant Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $73,011 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake 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 Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Township?
$70,833 (±$20,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Township?
11.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (29%, 12 mi), Fort Wayne (4%, 36 mi), North Manchester (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Township walkable?
Lake Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake 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.