Household incomes in Mill Township trail those of 79% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Mill Township itself; outside it, Marion draws the most (34%, 5 miles). 15.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. Mill Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mill Township: the gist
Mill Township trades workers with the towns around it
Mill Township has about as many jobs (3,757) as working residents (4,218), but they are mostly different people: 3,532 residents leave for work each day while 3,071 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Mill Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Mill Township’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Indiana average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Mill Township and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Mill Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Mill Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mill Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mill Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #427 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Mill Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($56,280, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mill Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How a workday changes Mill Township
On a workday 3,532 residents head out to work, 686 work right here, and 3,071 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 (0.89 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 29 minutes in Mill Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mill Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,565 commuters (the 6% 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 Mill Township ends
Where Mill Township clocks in
34% of workers
16% 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.
Mill Township makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
3,757 jobs are based in Mill Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mill Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,356 → 3,757. 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 Mill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mill Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Mill Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mill Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #382 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Mill 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 4,881 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 Mill Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mill Township is 2,034th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 110 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 149 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 172 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,032 | Union Township OH | 8,028 | $58K | 12.1% | 2.2% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,033 | Taylorville IL | 10,522 | $58K | 12.4% | 3.5% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,034 | Mill Township IN | 10,416 | $56K | 15.5% | 3.1% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,035 | Oneonta AL | 7,022 | $54K | 18.2% | 1.8% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,036 | Rochelle IL | 9,498 | $66K | 7.9% | 8.2% | 35% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Mill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Mill Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Township | – | C+ | C | 29 min | $56,280 |
| Fairmount Township | under 1% | C | B | 25 min | $66,078 |
| Center Township | under 1% | D | A | 18 min | $42,698 |
| Franklin Township | under 1% | D | B+ | 17 min | $45,345 |
| Monroe Township | under 1% | B | D− | 23 min | $70,175 |
| Gas City | 16% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $55,982 |
| Liberty Township | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gas City. Darker towns draw more of Mill 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 Mill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mill Township?
$56,280 (±$4,021) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mill Township?
15.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mill Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mill Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (34%, 5 mi), Gas City (16%, 1 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mill Township walkable?
Mill Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mill Township without a car?
0% 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 Mill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mill 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.