Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMonroe Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
Jobs and income earn Monroe Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 5% work in Monroe Township itself; outside it, Marion draws the most (33%, 8 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%.
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 and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Monroe Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Monroe Township
55% of Monroe Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in Monroe Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Monroe Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 698 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Monroe Township
On income, poverty and job access, Monroe Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Monroe Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Monroe Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monroe Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
The towns that employ Monroe Township’s residents
Where Monroe Township clocks in
33% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Monroe Township: what the 917 are
917 jobs are based in Monroe Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 787 → 917. 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 many people are in Monroe Township by day
On a workday 661 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 880 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Monroe Township’s commuters
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 757 commuters (the 3% 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 18% 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.
In Monroe Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 783 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). 0.0% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Monroe Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200: 1,348th of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,346 | Halstead KS | 2,132 | $76K | 10.8% | 2.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,347 | Butler WI | 1,752 | $60K | 11.8% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,348 | Monroe Township IN | 1,656 | $70K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,349 | Deerwood Township MN | 1,392 | $95K | 3.1% | 2.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,350 | Mankato Township MN | 1,720 | $113K | 13.0% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
The towns around Monroe Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | B | D− | 23 min | $70,175 |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | D | D | 26 min | $54,960 |
| Center Township | under 2% | D | A | 18 min | $42,698 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | A | 21 min | $70,694 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Mill Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $56,280 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington 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?
$70,175 (±$6,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
3.0%, 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. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (33%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 61 mi), Gas City (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.