Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMonroe Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. There are 772 jobs in Monroe Township, against 1,398 working residents. Monroe Township grades C for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Monroe Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monroe Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #451 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Monroe Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($55,056, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroe Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who leaves Monroe Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,198 residents head out to work, 200 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
23% of working residents work in Lafayette
Where Monroe Township clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
What Monroe Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 778 → 772. 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.
The daily trip from Monroe Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 1,291 commuters (the 7% 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 Monroe Township works
About 19% 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.
For most of Monroe Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #223 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Monroe 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 1,386 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). 7.1% 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.
Monroe Township places 3,154th of 4,882 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | 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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| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,152 | Attica NY | 2,421 | $62K | 11.0% | 3.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,153 | Crane TX | 3,303 | $73K | 14.7% | 3.6% | 12% | C |
| 3,154 | Monroe Township IN | 2,882 | $55K | 10.2% | 4.3% | 14% | C |
| 3,155 | Montpelier ID | 2,710 | $61K | 7.8% | 3.4% | 39% | C |
| 3,156 | West Wyoming PA | 2,678 | $66K | 13.6% | 6.0% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
How Monroe Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | C | B− | 21 min | $55,056 |
| Democrat Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $62,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Democrat Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$55,056 (±$7,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
10.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (23%, 20 mi), Flora (12%, 1 mi), Deer Creek Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.