Stockdale Mill · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Paw Paw Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Paw Paw Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 94 jobs in Paw Paw Township for 600 working residents. Only 1% work in Paw Paw Township itself; outside it, Wabash draws the most (30%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Paw Paw Township apart on work
Paw Paw Township and Wabash trade workers both ways
Wabash is the top workplace for Paw Paw Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Paw Paw Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Paw Paw Township is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Paw Paw Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Paw Paw Township has about 1,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 600 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Paw Paw Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Paw Paw Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Paw Paw Township’s grade up (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Paw Paw 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, Paw Paw Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The towns that employ Paw Paw Township’s residents
Where Paw Paw Township clocks in
30% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 a workday changes Paw Paw Township
On a workday 594 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Paw Paw Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 52% of the jobs in Paw Paw Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paw Paw Township, 2014 → 2024: 109 → 94. 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 Paw Paw Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Paw Paw Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paw Paw Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 685 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 distance from Paw Paw Township to work
About 22% 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.
In Paw Paw Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Paw Paw Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Paw Paw 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 727 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 Paw Paw Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Paw Paw Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Paw Paw Township ranks 3,472nd of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 3,470 | Manson IA | 1,617 | $66K | 8.9% | 5.2% | 13% | C |
| 3,471 | Watervliet MI | 1,720 | $61K | 15.9% | 4.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,472 | Paw Paw Township IN | 1,553 | $68K | 11.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,473 | Brockway Township MI | 1,880 | $82K | 13.4% | 5.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,474 | Wheatland Township MI | 1,342 | $75K | 12.1% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Paw Paw Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Paw Paw Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Noble Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paw Paw Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paw Paw Township | – | C | C− | 27 min | $68,309 |
| Noble Township | 8% | C+ | B | 18 min | $64,539 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $73,011 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw Township: questions
What is the median household income in Paw Paw Township?
$68,309 (±$14,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paw Paw Township?
11.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paw Paw Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paw Paw Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wabash (30%, 7 mi), Noble Township (8%, 7 mi), Warsaw (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Paw Paw Township walkable?
Paw Paw Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paw Paw Township without a car?
0% 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 Paw Paw Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paw Paw 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.