Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainManchester Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
164 jobs are based in Manchester Township for 1,480 working residents. Manchester Township grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Manchester Township itself; outside it, Lawrenceburg draws the most (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Manchester Township in brief
Manchester Township is a place people come home to
There are 164 jobs based in Manchester Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Manchester Township has about 2,000 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Manchester Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Manchester Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manchester Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #174 of 593 in Indiana. Household income holds Manchester Township’s grade up ($96,772, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manchester Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Manchester Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,453 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Manchester Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
About 34 minutes each way for Manchester Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manchester Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,817 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where the trip to work from Manchester Township ends
Where Manchester Township clocks in
7% 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.
What Manchester Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manchester Township, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 164. 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 Manchester Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Manchester Township
About 19% 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.
The commute in Manchester Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manchester Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #555 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,111 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). 1.5% of Manchester Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manchester Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Manchester Township is 1,282nd of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,280 | Dry Ridge OH | 2,554 | $74K | 4.1% | 5.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Clifton AZ | 3,752 | $78K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Manchester Township IN | 3,345 | $97K | 6.1% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Olive Township IN | 4,337 | $79K | 3.5% | 4.4% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,284 | Big Creek Township KS | 2,622 | $90K | 8.1% | 1.4% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Manchester Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Manchester Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manchester Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Township | – | B+ | D | 34 min | $96,772 |
| Sparta Township | under 2% | C | C− | 37 min | $65,000 |
| York Township | under 2% | C | D− | 33 min | $70,588 |
| Hogan Township | under 2% | C | D− | 44 min | $75,794 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A | D− | 35 min | $101,406 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B− | B | 29 min | $67,083 |
| Miller Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 29 min | $112,634 |
| Lawrenceburg Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $72,665 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manchester 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 Manchester Township: questions
What is the median household income in Manchester Township?
$96,772 (±$11,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manchester Township?
6.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manchester Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manchester Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrenceburg (11%, 8 mi), Cincinnati (7%, 27 mi), Batesville (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manchester Township walkable?
Manchester Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manchester Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manchester Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manchester 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.