Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLexington Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Lexington Township report 78 jobs, against 1,331 working residents. For jobs and income Lexington Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Only 1% work in Lexington Township itself; outside it, Scottsburg draws the most (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lexington Township in brief
Lexington Township is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Lexington Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lexington Township has about 2,300 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lexington Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Lexington Township’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Lexington Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lexington Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Lexington Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,315 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Lexington Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lexington Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,895 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where people from Lexington Township work
Where Lexington Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Lexington Township makes things: 53% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lexington Township, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 78. 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 Lexington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Lexington Township
About 24% 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 Lexington Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lexington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #591 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Lexington 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 2,087 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). 8.5% of Lexington Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lexington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lexington Township places 1,535th of 4,221 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 83 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 97 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,533 | Carefree AZ | 3,600 | $147K | 11.3% | 3.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,534 | Somerset WI | 3,408 | $80K | 14.8% | 2.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,535 | Lexington Township IN | 3,505 | $76K | 8.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,536 | La Grand Township MN | 4,309 | $94K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,537 | Sunapee NH | 3,442 | $101K | 12.4% | 0.0% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lexington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Lexington Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lexington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Township | – | B | D− | 29 min | $76,130 |
| Johnson Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 22 min | $91,553 |
| Vienna Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $53,163 |
| Oregon Township | under 3% | A | D− | 30 min | $90,918 |
| Saluda Township | under 3% | B | D− | 31 min | $77,813 |
| Republican Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 25 min | $97,109 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $88,250 |
| Graham Township | under 3% | B | D− | 30 min | $78,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lexington 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 Lexington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lexington Township?
$76,130 (±$21,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lexington Township?
8.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lexington Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lexington Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsburg (20%, 8 mi), Jeffersonville (7%, 22 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lexington Township walkable?
Lexington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lexington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lexington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lexington 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.