Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemetery · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in New Durham Township (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in New Durham Township; the top destination outside it is Michigan City (11%, 10 miles). For jobs and income New Durham Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). A typical one-way commute from New Durham Township lasts 22 minutes (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in New Durham Township: the gist
The figures behind New Durham Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Durham Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
What work there is in New Durham Township: 1,913 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Durham Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,316 → 1,913. 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 New Durham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of New Durham Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,446 residents head out to work, 188 work right here, and 1,725 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where New Durham Township’s working residents head each day
Where New Durham Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from New Durham Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Durham Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,293 commuters (the 8% 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 New Durham 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.
Most of New Durham Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,503 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). 1.3% of New Durham Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Durham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
633rd of 3,034: where New Durham Township ranks among U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 75 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 631 | Countryside VA | 9,661 | $149K | 4.8% | 5.8% | 1% | A− |
| 632 | Downingtown PA | 8,384 | $96K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 6% | A− |
| 633 | New Durham Township IN | 8,194 | $89K | 5.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A− |
| 634 | Dover MA | 6,026 | $250K | 2.7% | 8.2% | 4% | A− |
| 635 | Cedarville Township OH | 6,320 | $95K | 11.9% | 9.7% | 26% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 New Durham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around New Durham Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Durham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Durham Township | – | A− | C− | 22 min | $89,107 |
| Scipio Township | under 3% | B− | C | 30 min | $78,269 |
| Coolspring Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $61,875 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | A | C− | 26 min | $132,961 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | B | B | 32 min | $105,714 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Durham 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 New Durham Township: questions
What is the median household income in New Durham Township?
$89,107 (±$13,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Durham Township?
5.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Durham Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Durham Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Michigan City (11%, 10 mi), La Porte (9%, 9 mi), Valparaiso (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Durham Township walkable?
New Durham Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Durham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Durham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Durham 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.