Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Newbury Township (0.7%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 86% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #69 of 593 in Indiana.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns · #135 of 593 in Indiana.
Household incomes here are higher than in 66% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). About one in four work in Newbury Township; the top destination outside it is Shipshewana (14%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Newbury Township, in brief
A young workforce
40% of Newbury Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Newbury Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Newbury Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Newbury Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 55%. The jobs ↓
Newbury Township is where the jobs are
Newbury Township has 3,835 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Newbury Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Newbury Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Newbury Township went from 2,809 in 2013 to 3,835 in 2023, +37%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Newbury Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newbury Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #69 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment is its strongest input (0.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% 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, Newbury Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
Newbury Township makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
3,835 jobs are based in Newbury Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newbury Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,809 → 3,835. 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.
Newbury Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,567 residents head out to work, 615 work right here, and 3,220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Newbury Township on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.8 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.
Half of Newbury Township commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Where Newbury Township’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Newbury Township clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newbury Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,817 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.
Most trips from Newbury Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newbury Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #135 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,911 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). 47.7% of Newbury Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Newbury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newbury Township is 513th of 3,336 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Newbury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 78 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 511 | Parkman Township OH | 4,465 | $100K | 5.9% | 1.2% | 7% | A |
| 512 | Elmsford NY | 5,203 | $120K | 8.7% | 3.7% | 4% | A |
| 513 | Newbury Township IN | 5,929 | $89K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 28% | A |
| 514 | Greenwich Township NJ | 5,726 | $169K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 3% | A |
| 515 | Morgan Township OH | 5,544 | $108K | 8.3% | 0.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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.
Newbury Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Clay Township (5%). Darker towns draw more of Newbury Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury Township | – | A | B+ | 20 min | $88,633 |
| Clay Township | 5% | A | A− | 16 min | $100,648 |
| Van Buren Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 18 min | $100,385 |
| Middlebury Township | under 3% | A− | B | 23 min | $88,854 |
| Eden Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 17 min | $91,067 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Newbury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newbury Township?
$88,633 (±$8,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newbury Township?
4.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newbury Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newbury Township work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shipshewana (14%, 2 mi), Middlebury (11%, 6 mi), York Township (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newbury Township walkable?
Newbury Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 17% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newbury Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 48% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newbury 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.