Monroe Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 648 jobs in Monroe Township; 2,733 of its residents have a job. Monroe Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% work in Monroe Township itself; outside it, Jeffersonville draws the most (14%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Monroe Township apart on work
Monroe Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Monroe Township went from 366 in 2013 to 648 in 2023, +77%. The jobs ↓
Monroe Township is a place people come home to
There are 648 jobs based in Monroe Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Monroe Township has about 4,000 people in it, 34% fewer than 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Monroe Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monroe Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #137 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Monroe Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroe Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Monroe Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 648. 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.
How a workday changes Monroe Township
On a workday 2,614 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Monroe Township goes to work
Where Monroe Township clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Monroe Township’s commute 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 Monroe Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,373 commuters (the 14% 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 far it is to work from Monroe Township
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.
Driving is how Monroe Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #465 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,750 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
951st of 3,444: where Monroe Township ranks among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,200
| # | 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+ |
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| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 126 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 167 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 949 | Glenburn ME | 4,825 | $97K | 7.1% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| 950 | Caddo Mills TX | 5,715 | $107K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 4% | A− |
| 951 | Monroe Township IN | 6,061 | $91K | 6.4% | 3.6% | 4% | A− |
| 952 | Springfield Township IN | 4,745 | $85K | 2.4% | 4.4% | 10% | A− |
| 953 | Bowleys Quarters MD | 7,006 | $100K | 11.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,444 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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.
Monroe Township and 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 | – | A− | C− | 28 min | $90,733 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A | D | 30 min | $111,107 |
| Oregon Township | under 2% | A | D− | 30 min | $90,918 |
| Charlestown Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $92,021 |
| Vienna Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $53,163 |
| Carr Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $107,295 |
| Polk Township | under 2% | A− | D | 42 min | $91,439 |
| Wood Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 35 min | $86,528 |
| Finley Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $130,735 |
| Otisco | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Otisco: 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?
$90,733 (±$11,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
6.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jeffersonville (14%, 15 mi), New Albany (10%, 16 mi), Louisville (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.