Miami Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Miami Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 73 jobs are based in Miami Township, and 625 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Miami Township, in brief
Miami Township is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Miami Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Miami Township has about 760 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Miami Township and Logansport trade workers both ways
Logansport is the top workplace for Miami Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Miami Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Miami Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 625 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Miami Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Miami Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Miami Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Miami 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, Miami Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Miami Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 608 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Miami Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
28% of working residents work in Logansport
Where Miami Township clocks in
28% 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.
Getting to work from Miami Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Miami Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 commuters (the 2% 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.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Miami Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Miami Township, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 73. 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 Miami Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Miami Township
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.
Most of Miami Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Miami Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 599 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). 5.2% of Miami Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Miami Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Miami Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 695th of 5,400 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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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 693 | Boulevard Gardens FL | 1,499 | $70K | 7.6% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 694 | Ortonville MI | 1,339 | $99K | 8.9% | 6.9% | 5% | A− |
| 695 | Miami Township IN | 1,312 | $100K | 3.5% | 5.3% | 3% | A− |
| 696 | Blackhoof Township MN | 1,016 | $105K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 0% | A− |
| 697 | Kenwood CA | 1,028 | $100K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Miami Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Miami Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Miami Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Township | – | A− | C | 27 min | $100,179 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Tipton Township | under 2% | C | C | 20 min | $56,875 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C− | D | 24 min | $64,309 |
| Eel Township | under 2% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,617 |
| Washington Township | 2% | C− | C | 18 min | $63,958 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township and Peru Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Washington Township. Darker towns draw more of Miami 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 Miami Township: questions
What is the median household income in Miami Township?
$100,179 (±$29,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Miami Township?
3.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Miami Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Miami Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (28%, 7 mi), Kokomo (10%, 22 mi), Clinton Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Miami Township walkable?
Miami Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Miami Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Miami Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Miami 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.