Most of Noble Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Noble Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Noble Township has 316 jobs, against 867 working residents. Only 1% work in Noble Township itself; outside it, Logansport draws the most (31%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Noble Township
A lot of Noble Township works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Noble Township: Logansport (31%), Clinton Township (9%) and Eel Township (2%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Noble Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Noble Township fell from 2,004 in 2013 to 316 in 2023, −84%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
67% of the jobs in Noble Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 14% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 867 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Noble Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Noble Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Noble Township’s grade up ($92,219, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Noble Township could be anywhere from C to A.
77% of the jobs in Noble Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Noble Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,004 → 316. 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 Noble Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Noble Township
On a workday 855 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Noble Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Noble Township’s residents
Where Noble Township clocks in
31% 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.
The trip to work from Noble Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 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 1,065 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far it is to work from Noble Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Noble Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Noble Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,142 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). 1.6% 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.
For jobs and income, Noble Township is 2,172nd of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,170 | East Canton OH | 1,513 | $57K | 8.9% | 3.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,171 | Manawa WI | 1,411 | $88K | 10.6% | 3.9% | 11% | B− |
| 2,172 | Noble Township IN | 1,896 | $92K | 9.8% | 4.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,173 | Bradley ME | 1,581 | $77K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,174 | Clarksburg MA | 1,625 | $77K | 4.0% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
The towns next door employ 42% of Noble Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Noble Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Township | – | B− | C | 22 min | $92,219 |
| Eel Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,617 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B | D | 29 min | $90,750 |
| Clinton Township | 9% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Clay Township | under 3% | C− | D | 24 min | $64,309 |
| Logansport | 31% | C− | B+ | 20 min | $47,291 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clinton Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Logansport. 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 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 Noble Township: questions
What is the median household income in Noble Township?
$92,219 (±$13,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Noble Township?
9.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Noble Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Noble Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (31%, 4 mi), Clinton Township (9%, 5 mi), Kokomo (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Noble Township walkable?
Noble Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Noble Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 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.