Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Madison Township has lower unemployment (1.3%) than 92% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Madison Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in seven stay in Madison Township for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (8%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Madison Township, in brief
Madison Township trades workers with the towns around it
Madison Township has about as many jobs (1,208) as working residents (1,085), but they are mostly different people: 926 residents leave for work each day while 1,049 people come in. Only 13% of the jobs in Madison Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Madison Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Madison Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Madison Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Madison Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Madison Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Madison Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madison Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #253 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Madison Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madison Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who commutes out of Madison Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 926 residents head out to work, 159 work right here, and 1,049 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Madison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madison Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,120 commuters (the 7% 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.
Madison Township makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
1,208 jobs are based in Madison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 978 → 1,208. 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 Madison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Madison Township ends
Where Madison Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
How far Madison Township’s workers travel
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.
Madison Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #289 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Madison 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 1,201 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). 11.3% of Madison Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Madison Township next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100: 1,808th of 4,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,806 | Penngrove CA | 2,119 | $107K | 8.2% | 7.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,807 | Beaver UT | 3,699 | $76K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 51% | B |
| 1,808 | Madison Township IN | 3,018 | $67K | 5.7% | 1.3% | 15% | B |
| 1,809 | Jackson Township IN | 4,045 | $74K | 4.8% | 3.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,810 | Center Township OH | 2,892 | $89K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Madison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Madison Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Van Buren Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | B | B− | 31 min | $66,970 |
| Elmore Township | 4% | C | B | 21 min | $75,833 |
| Van Buren Township | 7% | B | B− | 32 min | $90,985 |
| Perry Township | under 4% | C− | C+ | 21 min | $64,879 |
| Cass Township | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Taylor Township | under 4% | B+ | D− | 37 min | $108,646 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cass Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madison 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 Madison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Township?
$66,970 (±$6,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
5.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (8%, 17 mi), Van Buren Township (7%, 6 mi), Odon (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison 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.