Pulaski County Home · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Monroe Township (0.6%) is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Monroe Township; the top destination outside it is Winamac (32%, 2 miles). For jobs and income Monroe Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Monroe Township is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Monroe Township: the figures worth knowing
Monroe Township is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Monroe Township (Harrison Township, Indian Creek Township, Jefferson Township, Tippecanoe Township and Franklin Township) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Monroe Township has 1.7 per resident. Next door ↓
Monroe Township and Winamac trade workers both ways
Winamac is the top workplace for Monroe Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Monroe Township makes and builds things
45% 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 34%. 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.
How Monroe Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Monroe Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($54,345, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroe Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
Commuting in to Monroe Township: where workers come from
Where Monroe Township clocks in
32% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 45% of Monroe Township’s jobs are in goods
3,088 jobs are based in Monroe Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,270 → 3,088. 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.
In and out of Monroe Township on a workday
On a workday 1,127 residents head out to work, 708 work right here, and 2,380 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The trip to work 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 1,791 commuters (the 5% 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.
The commute from Monroe Township, by distance
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.
Monroe Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,883 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). 9.7% 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.
How Monroe Township ranks: 2,835th of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,833 | Berne IN | 4,286 | $62K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,834 | Throop PA | 4,113 | $57K | 14.7% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,835 | Monroe Township IN | 3,847 | $54K | 16.9% | 0.6% | 39% | C+ |
| 2,836 | Wellfleet MA | 3,707 | $118K | 9.2% | 9.0% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,837 | Otsego Lake Township MI | 2,968 | $73K | 10.2% | 4.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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.
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 | $54,345 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Indian Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 23 min | $95,556 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township, Indian Creek Township, Jefferson Township and Franklin 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?
$54,345 (±$13,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
16.9%, 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. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe Township work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winamac (32%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (3%, 92 mi), Rochester (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.