Monroe Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Monroe Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. 206 jobs are based in Monroe Township for 493 working residents. Monroe Township grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monroe Township at work: what stands out
Where Monroe Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Monroe Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Monroe Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Monroe Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monroe Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
28% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where Monroe Township clocks in
28% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 quiets down on a workday
On a workday 483 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Monroe Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 206. 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Monroe Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 571 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Monroe Township
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 2% of U.S. towns. 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 635 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). 1.0% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Monroe Township is 705th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 703 | Liberty UT | 1,484 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 704 | Downs IL | 1,173 | $111K | 10.8% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 705 | Monroe Township IN | 1,163 | $108K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 706 | Shrewsbury Township NJ | 1,078 | $81K | 10.9% | 2.2% | 0% | B+ |
| 707 | Mathews LA | 1,598 | $87K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
Around Monroe Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | B+ | D− | 28 min | $107,708 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 26 min | $74,583 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 21 min | $69,410 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $92,353 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 23 min | $72,950 |
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?
$107,708 (±$39,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
4.7%, 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. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (28%, 9 mi), North Manchester (4%, 10 mi), Pierceton (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 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 1% 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.