Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of New Garden Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
New Garden Township grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 277 jobs are based in New Garden Township, and 815 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in New Garden Township; the top destination outside it is Richmond (39%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Garden Township at work: what stands out
Where New Garden Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Garden Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds New Garden Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Garden Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where New Garden Township’s working residents head each day
Where New Garden Township clocks in
8% 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.
How many people are in New Garden Township by day
On a workday 777 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in New Garden Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in New Garden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Garden Township, 2014 → 2024: 275 → 277. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Garden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long New Garden Township spends getting to work: 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 Garden Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,010 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Garden Township
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how New Garden Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Garden Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,080 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). 13.1% of New Garden Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Garden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How New Garden Township ranks: 1,775th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 108 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 156 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,773 | Raccoon Township IL | 1,481 | $78K | 4.3% | 1.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,774 | Cass Township IN | 1,757 | $63K | 5.0% | 0.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,775 | New Garden Township IN | 1,930 | $74K | 8.4% | 2.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,776 | Climax Township MI | 2,381 | $76K | 8.5% | 11.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,777 | Clermont NY | 2,022 | $95K | 8.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
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| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Garden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to New Garden Township
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Garden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Garden Township | – | B | B− | 22 min | $73,714 |
| Franklin Township | 2% | B | C | 28 min | $95,093 |
| Webster Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 17 min | $85,246 |
| Green Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 30 min | $72,361 |
| Greensfork Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 32 min | $78,592 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Garden 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 2024, 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 Garden Township: questions
What is the median household income in New Garden Township?
$73,714 (±$22,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Garden Township?
8.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Garden Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Garden Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (39%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 66 mi), Fountain City (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Garden Township walkable?
New Garden Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Garden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Garden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Garden Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.