With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lincoln Township works elsewhere
Lincoln Township has 38 jobs; 729 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lincoln Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lincoln Township and work: the main findings
Lincoln Township is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Lincoln Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lincoln Township has about 1,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lincoln Township and La Porte trade workers both ways
La Porte is the top workplace for Lincoln Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Lincoln Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lincoln Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 729 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Lincoln Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lincoln Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lincoln Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Lincoln 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, Lincoln Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Lincoln Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 727 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Lincoln Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in La Porte
Where Lincoln Township clocks in
24% 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.
The trip to work from Lincoln Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lincoln Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 643 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lincoln Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lincoln Township, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 38. 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 Lincoln Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lincoln Township
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Lincoln Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lincoln Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 709 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Lincoln Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lincoln Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lincoln Township places 846th of 5,343 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 161 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 844 | Salt Creek Commons IN | 1,843 | $94K | 8.4% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| 845 | Valley View OH | 1,843 | $110K | 4.2% | 8.9% | 13% | A− |
| 846 | Lincoln Township IN | 1,797 | $105K | 4.9% | 6.1% | <1% | A− |
| 847 | Lebanon WI | 1,576 | $88K | 6.2% | 7.8% | 4% | A− |
| 848 | Fox Lake Hills IL | 2,399 | $112K | 3.2% | 8.2% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | 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 Lincoln Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Lincoln Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wills Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lincoln Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | – | A− | C+ | 30 min | $105,121 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | C | 27 min | $76,418 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $88,205 |
| Wills Township | 3% | A | C− | 38 min | $113,349 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C− | D | 25 min | $72,253 |
| Olive Township | 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $78,964 |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Greene Township | under 2% | B | D− | 37 min | $74,587 |
Same-state neighbors only. Johnson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lincoln Township?
$105,121 (±$26,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lincoln Township?
4.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lincoln Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lincoln Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Porte (24%, 9 mi), South Bend (7%, 16 mi), Michigan City (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lincoln Township walkable?
Lincoln Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lincoln Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lincoln Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lincoln 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.