There are 3.9 jobs in Linton Township for every working resident, and 1,798 people commute in
1,840 jobs are based in Linton Township, against 475 working residents. Jobs and income earn Linton Township B; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Linton Township
Linton Township fills up on a workday
Linton Township has 1,840 jobs, 3.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,600 people are in town, more than double the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Linton Township and Terre Haute trade workers both ways
Terre Haute is the top workplace for Linton Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Linton Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Linton Township makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Linton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Linton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
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 475 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Linton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Linton Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Linton Township’s grade up ($98,611, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Linton 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, Linton Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
How a workday changes Linton Township
On a workday 433 residents head out to work and 42 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Linton Township on a workday afternoon, 109% more than live here.
3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Linton Township’s workers come from
Where Linton Township clocks in
37% 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.
58% of the jobs in Linton Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linton Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,855 → 1,840. 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 Linton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Linton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 386 commuters (the 8% 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.
Miles to work from Linton Township
About 25% 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.
In Linton Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linton Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 419 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 Linton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Linton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Linton Township places 1,226th of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,224 | Magnolia OH | 1,013 | $75K | 7.4% | 3.1% | <1% | B |
| 1,225 | North Bonneville WA | 1,415 | $100K | 4.6% | 5.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,226 | Linton Township IN | 1,254 | $99K | 8.0% | 6.1% | 9% | B |
| 1,227 | Upper Mifflin Township PA | 1,381 | $83K | 8.1% | 2.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,228 | Locust Township PA | 1,456 | $72K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Linton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Linton Township
The biggest share goes to Honey Creek Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Linton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton Township | – | B | D | 24 min | $98,611 |
| Pierson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 26 min | $71,875 |
| Curry Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $53,469 |
| Prairie Creek Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 27 min | $27,321 |
| Farmersburg | under 2% | C− | C− | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Honey Creek Township | 8% | C+ | C | 18 min | $65,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Linton 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 Linton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Linton Township?
$98,611 (±$24,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linton Township?
8.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linton Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linton Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (37%, 11 mi), Honey Creek Township (8%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Linton Township walkable?
Linton Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linton Township without a car?
1% 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 Linton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linton 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.