Making a living in Monroe Township
About one in four work in Monroe Township itself; outside it, Berne draws the most (20%, 3 miles). Jobs and income earn Monroe Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B+. The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Monroe Township: the gist
Monroe Township makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Monroe Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Monroe Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Monroe Township is where the jobs are
Monroe Township has 3,176 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Monroe Township and Berne trade workers both ways
Berne is the top workplace for Monroe Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Monroe Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Monroe Township went from 2,325 in 2013 to 3,176 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Monroe Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monroe Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #387 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Monroe Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroe Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Monroe Township makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
3,176 jobs are based in Monroe Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,325 → 3,176. 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 Monroe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Monroe Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,447 residents head out to work, 454 work right here, and 2,722 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Monroe Township, and from where
Where Monroe Township clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Monroe Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,058 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Monroe Township commutes
About 21% 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.
Getting around Monroe Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #146 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,296 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). 25.5% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Monroe Township is 2,176th of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 88 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,174 | North Litchfield Township IL | 4,824 | $73K | 10.8% | 3.8% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,175 | Mount Sterling Township IL | 4,448 | $65K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 38% | C+ |
| 2,176 | Monroe Township IN | 5,408 | $74K | 10.6% | 4.6% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,177 | Summerside OH | 4,662 | $71K | 17.1% | 5.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,178 | Dodgeville WI | 5,076 | $72K | 6.3% | 6.6% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | 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 Monroe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Monroe Township
The biggest share goes to French Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $73,894 |
| Blue Creek Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 45 min | $59,330 |
| French Township | 2% | A− | D− | 23 min | $105,288 |
| Wabash Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 27 min | $61,250 |
| Washington Township | 2% | B | B+ | 27 min | $61,371 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monroe 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 Monroe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe Township?
$73,894 (±$14,834) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
10.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berne (20%, 3 mi), Decatur (9%, 9 mi), Fort Wayne (9%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe 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.