Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNoble Township has lower unemployment (3.1%) than 68% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Noble Township itself; outside it, Wabash draws the most (36%, 1 miles). Jobs and income earn Noble Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B. The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Noble Township stands out on work
Noble Township and Wabash trade workers both ways
Wabash is the top workplace for Noble Township residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Noble Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Noble Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker, and quicker than any town next door (25 to 62 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Noble Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Noble Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #386 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Noble Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($64,539, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Noble Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where Noble Township’s working residents head each day
Where Noble Township clocks in
36% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Noble Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,783 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.
The daily commute in and out of Noble Township
On a workday 3,399 residents head out to work, 2,536 work right here, and 5,088 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Noble Township on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Making and building: 34% of jobs based in Noble Township
7,624 jobs are based in Noble Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Noble Township, 2014 → 2024: 7,997 → 7,624. 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 Noble Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Noble Township goes to work
About 21% 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.
Getting around Noble Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Noble Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #183 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Noble 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 6,185 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). 6.0% of Noble Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Noble Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Noble Township ranks: 1,401st of 2,059 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 49 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 85 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 95 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,399 | Cayce SC | 13,680 | $62K | 13.7% | 5.3% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,400 | Vero Beach FL | 17,603 | $70K | 16.1% | 3.4% | 25% | C+ |
| 1,401 | Noble Township IN | 13,633 | $65K | 12.6% | 3.1% | 43% | C+ |
| 1,402 | Menomonie WI | 16,664 | $57K | 17.7% | 5.8% | 40% | C+ |
| 1,403 | Hickory Point Township IL | 17,474 | $59K | 10.4% | 4.6% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Noble Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Noble Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Noble Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Township | – | C+ | B | 18 min | $64,539 |
| Paw Paw Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $68,309 |
| Lagro Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 26 min | $82,394 |
| Erie Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Butler Township | under 3% | — | — | 62 min | — |
| Waltz Township | under 3% | C | C | 25 min | $85,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Erie Township and Butler Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Noble 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 Noble Township: questions
What is the median household income in Noble Township?
$64,539 (±$8,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Noble Township?
12.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Noble Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Noble Township work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wabash (36%, 1 mi), Indianapolis (4%, 72 mi), Marion (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Noble Township walkable?
Noble Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Noble Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Noble Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Noble 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.