Rickenbaugh House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOil Township has higher household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Oil Township itself; outside it, Tell City draws the most (10%, 20 miles). 1.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. Oil Township grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oil Township: the figures worth knowing
Oil Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Oil Township went from 351 in 2013 to 638 in 2023, +82%. The jobs ↓
Oil Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 842 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Oil Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Oil Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #208 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Oil Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Oil Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Oil Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
In Oil Township, services account for most jobs
638 jobs are based in Oil Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oil Township, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 638. 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 Oil Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Oil Township: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oil Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 710 commuters (the 15% 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.
In and out of Oil Township on a workday
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 560 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 Oil Township’s residents
Where Oil Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 miles Oil Township commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Oil Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oil Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #569 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Oil 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 831 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). 2.8% of Oil Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oil Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oil Township next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700: 1,541st of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Wills Township IN | 2,111 | $113K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,539 | Arlington Heights WA | 2,727 | $127K | 3.4% | 5.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,540 | Lincoln Township IN | 2,847 | $67K | 6.1% | 2.6% | 22% | B |
| 1,541 | Oil Township IN | 2,751 | $93K | 1.6% | 3.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,542 | Leelanau Township MI | 2,109 | $119K | 4.3% | 0.0% | 28% | B |
| 1,543 | Escanaba Township MI | 3,552 | $81K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Oil Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Oil Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oil Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Township | – | B | D− | 35 min | $92,946 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | C− | C | 25 min | $63,684 |
| Leopold Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Boone Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leopold Township, Union Township, Boone Township, Union Township and Johnson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oil 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 Oil Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oil Township?
$92,946 (±$59,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oil Township?
1.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oil Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oil Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tell City (10%, 20 mi), Jasper (10%, 24 mi), Ferdinand (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oil Township walkable?
Oil Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oil Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oil Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oil 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.