Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Laurel Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 77 jobs in Laurel Township for 599 working residents. Laurel Township grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 2% of workers have no commute at all, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Laurel Township, in brief
Laurel Township is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Laurel Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laurel Township has about 900 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Laurel Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Laurel Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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; with 599 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Laurel Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Laurel Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Laurel Township’s grade up ($72,596, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Laurel 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, Laurel Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
In and out of Laurel Township on a workday
On a workday 591 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Laurel Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 daily trip from Laurel Township: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 707 commuters (the 2% 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.
12% of working residents work in Batesville
Where Laurel Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Laurel Township: what the 77 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Township, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 77. 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 Laurel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Laurel Township
About 22% 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.
In Laurel Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laurel Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 721 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). 6.3% of Laurel Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Laurel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Laurel Township comes 4,019th 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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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,017 | Daisetta TX | 1,194 | $66K | 14.5% | 4.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,018 | Clint TX | 1,060 | $44K | 28.5% | 2.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,019 | Laurel Township IN | 1,423 | $73K | 15.0% | 1.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,020 | Wexford Township MI | 1,182 | $78K | 15.6% | 6.8% | 0% | C− |
| 4,021 | Nashwauk Township MN | 1,657 | $60K | 10.3% | 6.6% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Laurel Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Laurel Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laurel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Township | – | C− | C | 41 min | $72,596 |
| Posey Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 50 min | $52,440 |
| Metamora Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Blooming Grove Township | under 3% | B− | D | 55 min | $95,161 |
| Salt Creek Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 29 min | $62,396 |
| Lake View | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Columbia Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $74,034 |
Same-state neighbors only. Metamora Township, Lake View and Columbia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laurel 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 Laurel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Township?
$72,596 (±$36,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Township?
15.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (12%, 13 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 56 mi), Greensburg (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Laurel Township walkable?
Laurel Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laurel Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel 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.