Lemuel Allen Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Madison Township are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
14.2% of residents are in poverty; Indiana has 12.3%. The two grades for Madison Township are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About half work in Madison Township itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (38%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Madison Township
Jobs & income in Madison Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madison Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #467 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Madison Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,237, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madison Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Madison Township goes to work
Where Madison Township clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
Madison Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 3,820 residents head out to work, 3,317 work right here, and 6,228 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 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 place that makes things: 31% of Madison Township’s jobs are in goods
9,545 jobs are based in Madison Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2013 → 2023: 9,501 → 9,545. 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.
Commuting from Madison Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 7,667 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.
The commute from Madison Township, by distance
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.
In Madison Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #258 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 8,208 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). 3.7% 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 is 1,461st of 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 35 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 64 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 76 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,459 | Red Wing MN | 16,805 | $67K | 13.8% | 4.9% | 46% | C |
| 1,460 | Pleasant Township IN | 14,561 | $73K | 14.2% | 6.2% | 36% | C |
| 1,461 | Madison Township IN | 18,077 | $61K | 14.2% | 4.0% | 46% | C |
| 1,462 | Newport KY | 13,998 | $61K | 20.8% | 7.2% | 9% | C |
| 1,463 | Anderson Creek NC | 13,927 | $87K | 14.6% | 7.1% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
39% of Madison Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | C | B− | 20 min | $61,237 |
| Madison | 38% | C− | B | 19 min | $61,183 |
| Monroe Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Milton Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hanover Township | under 1% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $66,019 |
| Smyrna Township | under 1% | C | D− | 25 min | $71,250 |
| Shelby Township | 1% | C− | D− | 37 min | $57,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Monroe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Milton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Madison. 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?
$61,237 (±$4,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
14.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
20 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?
46% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (38%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 80 mi), Hanover (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.