Most of Lancaster Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Lancaster Township report 60 jobs, against 554 working residents. For jobs and income Lancaster Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B). Hardly any work in Lancaster Township; the top destination outside it is Huntington (27%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lancaster Township, in a few figures
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lancaster Township
The poverty rate holds Lancaster Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Lancaster 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, Lancaster Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Lancaster Township by day and by night
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Lancaster Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The towns that employ Lancaster Township’s residents
Where Lancaster Township clocks in
27% of workers
4% 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 Lancaster Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lancaster Township, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 60. 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 Lancaster Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Lancaster Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lancaster Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 646 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Lancaster Township’s workers travel
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.
In Lancaster Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 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). 2.5% of Lancaster Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lancaster Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Lancaster Township ranks 567th of 4,312 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 | 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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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 565 | Maineville OH | 1,518 | $93K | 9.5% | 2.5% | 0% | B+ |
| 566 | Noble Township IN | 1,591 | $96K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 567 | Lancaster Township IN | 1,169 | $88K | 2.6% | 1.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 568 | Kingston IL | 1,103 | $88K | 7.0% | 15.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 569 | Rosendale WI | 1,042 | $96K | 6.7% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Lancaster Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Lancaster Township
The biggest share goes to Huntington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lancaster Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Township | – | B+ | B | 28 min | $88,182 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Rock Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $77,100 |
| Huntington Township | 2% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $59,619 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson Township and Polk Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lancaster 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 Lancaster Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lancaster Township?
$88,182 (±$29,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lancaster Township?
2.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lancaster Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lancaster Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (27%, 6 mi), Fort Wayne (18%, 28 mi), Marion (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lancaster Township walkable?
Lancaster Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lancaster 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 Lancaster Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lancaster 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.