At 0.6%, unemployment in Marshall Township is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Marshall Township are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Marshall Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. Only 3% work in Marshall Township itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (21%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Marshall Township at work: what stands out
Marshall Township makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Marshall Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marshall Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Marshall Township is a place people come home to
There are 452 jobs based in Marshall Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marshall Township has about 3,300 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Marshall Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marshall Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #67 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Marshall Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marshall Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Marshall Township works in goods: 57% of its jobs
452 jobs are based in Marshall Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marshall Township, 2013 → 2023: 439 → 452. 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 Marshall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Marshall Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,698 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Marshall Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Marshall Township goes to work
Where Marshall Township clocks in
21% of workers
20% of workers
6% 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.
Commuting from Marshall Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marshall Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,246 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.
Where in the region Marshall Township works
About 22% 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 Marshall Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marshall Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #227 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,433 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). 1.9% of Marshall Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marshall Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marshall Township is 512th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 510 | Mount Arlington NJ | 5,985 | $92K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 3% | A |
| 511 | Troy WI | 5,686 | $161K | 3.6% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 512 | Marshall Township IN | 4,607 | $99K | 2.5% | 0.6% | 3% | A |
| 513 | Bay Harbor Islands FL | 6,021 | $90K | 5.4% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 514 | North Muskegon MI | 4,079 | $105K | 5.0% | 2.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Marshall Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Marshall Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marshall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Township | – | A | B− | 26 min | $98,750 |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $84,150 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | B | D− | 32 min | $81,964 |
| Shawswick Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 27 min | $60,354 |
| Pleasant Run Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 30 min | $76,563 |
| Indian Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 34 min | $92,853 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shawswick Township. Darker towns draw more of Marshall 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 Marshall Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marshall Township?
$98,750 (±$23,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marshall Township?
2.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marshall Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marshall Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (21%, 15 mi), Bedford (20%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marshall Township walkable?
Marshall Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marshall 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 Marshall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marshall 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.