Most of Lovett Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Lovett Township itself; outside it, North Vernon draws the most (16%, 8 miles). There are 219 jobs in Lovett Township; 498 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Lovett Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lovett Township, in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lovett Township
On income, poverty and job access, Lovett Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lovett Township’s grade up (0.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Lovett 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, Lovett Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
From Lovett Township, about 42 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lovett Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 394 commuters (the 4% 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.
Lovett Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Lovett Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 towns that employ Lovett Township’s residents
Where Lovett Township clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
13% 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 Lovett Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lovett Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 219. 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 Lovett Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lovett Township
About 26% 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.
Most of Lovett Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lovett Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lovett 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 409 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). 0.0% of Lovett Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lovett Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Lovett Township ranks 425th of 3,133 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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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 423 | Center Harbor NH | 1,049 | $104K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 424 | Pleasant Hill OH | 1,270 | $72K | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 425 | Lovett Township IN | 1,047 | $94K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 426 | Harrison Township OH | 1,047 | $89K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | B+ |
| 427 | Russiaville IN | 1,312 | $84K | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Lovett Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Lovett Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lovett Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovett Township | – | B+ | D− | 42 min | $93,864 |
| Spencer Township | 2% | B+ | D | 25 min | $77,566 |
| Vernon Township | 2% | B | D | 30 min | $77,131 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 30 min | $83,266 |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 24 min | $79,750 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Montgomery Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spencer Township. Darker towns draw more of Lovett 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 Lovett Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lovett Township?
$93,864 (±$34,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lovett Township?
0.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lovett Township?
42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lovett Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Vernon (16%, 8 mi), Columbus (15%, 26 mi), Seymour (13%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lovett Township walkable?
Lovett Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lovett Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lovett Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lovett 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.