Pigeon Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Pigeon Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Pigeon Township has 6 jobs; 389 of its residents have a job. Measured by family income, Pigeon Township is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pigeon Township
Pigeon Township is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Pigeon Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pigeon Township has about 620 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pigeon Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pigeon Township is Evansville, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (86) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pigeon Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Pigeon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On family income, poverty and job access, Pigeon Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Family income holds Pigeon Township’s grade up ($116,195, U.S. $99,999); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
22% of Pigeon Township’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (22% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 15.1%, against 11.8% for all residents. Unemployment (1.1%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($116,195), since student households pull the household median down ($115,852).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Pigeon Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
How many people are in Pigeon Township by day
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Pigeon Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How many miles Pigeon Township commutes
About 18% 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pigeon Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 570 commuters (the 13% 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.
22% of working residents work in Evansville
Where Pigeon Township clocks in
22% of workers
14% 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.
Pigeon Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pigeon Township, 2014 → 2024: 36 → 6. 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 Pigeon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Pigeon Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pigeon Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 655 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). 0.0% of Pigeon Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pigeon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pigeon Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 1,446th of 3,133 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,444 | Bay City OR | 1,388 | $83K | 8.5% | 3.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,445 | Piedmont SD | 1,245 | $54K | 7.3% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,446 | Pigeon Township IN | 1,007 | $116K | 11.8% | 1.1% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,447 | Dunkirk NY | 1,202 | $67K | 8.9% | 4.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,448 | Clyde NC | 1,355 | $56K | 8.2% | 0.4% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Pigeon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Pigeon Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pigeon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Township | – | C+ | B− | 31 min | $115,852 |
| Carter Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $75,288 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 29 min | $72,339 |
| Lockhart Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Skelton Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $84,375 |
| Owen Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lane Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lockhart Township, Jackson Township, Owen Township and Lane Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pigeon 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.
- Students. 22% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pigeon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pigeon Township?
$115,852 (±$27,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pigeon Township?
11.8% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 15.1%. Indiana: 12.3%.
How long is the commute from Pigeon Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pigeon Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (22%, 28 mi), Boonville (14%, 14 mi), Ohio Township (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pigeon Township walkable?
Pigeon Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 2.4 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pigeon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pigeon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pigeon 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.