Household incomes in Licking Township trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 19.2% of residents (Indiana 12.3%). The two grades for Licking Township are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in four work in Licking Township; the top destination outside it is Hartford City (17%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Licking Township: the figures worth knowing
Licking Township and Hartford City trade workers both ways
Hartford City is the top workplace for Licking Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Licking Township come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Licking Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Licking Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Licking Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Licking Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Licking Township’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,103, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Licking Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Out of Licking Township to work: where people go
Where Licking Township clocks in
10% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Licking Township
2,208 jobs are based in Licking Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Licking Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,167 → 2,208. 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 Licking Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Licking Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,447 residents head out to work, 822 work right here, and 1,386 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Licking Township on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way for Licking Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Licking Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,833 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.
How many miles Licking Township commutes
About 20% 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.
Getting around Licking Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Licking Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #231 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,122 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). 12.7% of Licking Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Licking Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Licking Township is 2,654th among 3,027 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 78 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,652 | Payette ID | 8,813 | $55K | 13.9% | 5.2% | 14% | C− |
| 2,653 | Rushville Township IN | 7,672 | $58K | 15.4% | 6.4% | 25% | C− |
| 2,654 | Licking Township IN | 7,506 | $47K | 19.2% | 5.0% | 25% | C− |
| 2,655 | Brush CO | 5,337 | $73K | 14.2% | 7.7% | 19% | C− |
| 2,656 | Alamosa CO | 9,849 | $50K | 15.9% | 4.4% | 45% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,027 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Licking Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Licking Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Licking Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licking Township | – | C− | B− | 24 min | $47,103 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | A | 21 min | $70,694 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 33 min | $68,750 |
| Union Township | under 2% | C− | D | 27 min | $66,902 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Licking 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 Licking Township: questions
What is the median household income in Licking Township?
$47,103 (±$5,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Licking Township?
19.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Licking Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Licking Township work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford City (17%, 2 mi), Muncie (10%, 16 mi), Marion (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Licking Township walkable?
Licking Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Licking Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Licking Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Licking 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.