Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Monon Township earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Monon Township grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. The poverty rate is 18.6%; Indiana has 12.3%. About one in five work in Monon Township; the top destination outside it is Monon (11%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Monon Township apart on work
Monon Township makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Monon Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Monon Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 42%. The jobs ↓
Monon Township trades workers with the towns around it
Monon Township has about as many jobs (1,120) as working residents (1,308), but they are mostly different people: 1,071 residents leave for work each day while 883 people come in. Only 21% of the jobs in Monon Township are held by people who 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.
Monon Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monon Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns, #580 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Monon Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($48,670, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monon Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
61% of the jobs in Monon Township make or build things
1,120 jobs are based in Monon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monon Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,179 → 1,120. 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 Monon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Monon Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,071 residents head out to work, 237 work right here, and 883 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 (0.86 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.
Where Monon Township goes to work
Where Monon Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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 Monon Township takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monon Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,242 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.
Monon Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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 Monon Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monon Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #493 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% 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 1,316 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). 3.8% of Monon Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Monon Township compares with U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | 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+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Summersville WV | 3,297 | $57K | 20.3% | 6.3% | 31% | D |
| 4,001 | Salina UT | 2,640 | $64K | 15.7% | 10.5% | 24% | D |
| 4,002 | Monon Township IN | 3,382 | $49K | 18.6% | 5.8% | 18% | D |
| 4,003 | Carrollton KY | 3,964 | $46K | 22.8% | 6.5% | 17% | D |
| 4,004 | Madill OK | 4,181 | $48K | 19.9% | 6.4% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Monon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Monon Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Union Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monon Township | – | D | C− | 28 min | $48,670 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 31 min | $84,583 |
| Honey Creek Township | 2% | B− | C | 19 min | $76,607 |
| Princeton Township | 2% | C− | B− | 19 min | $70,833 |
| Union Township | 4% | C | C | 21 min | $62,052 |
| Hanging Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Milroy Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hanging Grove Township and Milroy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monon 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 Monon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Monon Township?
$48,670 (±$10,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monon Township?
18.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monon Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monon Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monon (11%, 1 mi), Lafayette (9%, 33 mi), Monticello (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monon Township walkable?
Monon Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monon 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 Monon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monon 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.