Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius · CC BY-SA 2.0Work means Indianapolis for more than half of Pike Township’s working residents
Pike Township grades B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five work in Pike Township itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (62%, 9 miles). At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Pike Township run about the Indiana average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pike Township
More than half of Pike Township works in Indianapolis
23,772 working residents, 62%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 9.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Pike Township itself. The commute map ↓
Pike Township is where the jobs are
Pike Township has 71,658 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Pike Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
The four measures behind Pike Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pike Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #349 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Pike Township’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pike Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Who travels to work in Pike Township, and from where
Where Pike Township clocks in
62% of workers
7% 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.
Who commutes out of Pike Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 31,880 residents head out to work, 6,568 work right here, and 65,090 people come in from elsewhere.
About 118,000 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 39% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Pike Township
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.
What the 71,658 jobs in Pike Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2013 → 2023: 66,901 → 71,658. 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 Pike Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Pike Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36,644 commuters (the 12% 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 Pike Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pike Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #99 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 41,854 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.8% of Pike Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pike Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pike Township is 381st of 538 U.S. towns of 59,000 to 114,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Fall Creek Township IN | 75,188 | $146K | 3.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 9 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 379 | Tamarac FL | 74,134 | $62K | 13.0% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 380 | San Angelo TX | 100,640 | $66K | 11.0% | 3.9% | 65% | B− |
| 381 | Pike Township IN | 84,515 | $69K | 14.2% | 5.7% | 17% | B− |
| 382 | Mount Vernon NY | 72,304 | $79K | 14.7% | 9.3% | 9% | B− |
| 383 | Longview TX | 83,236 | $63K | 17.3% | 3.1% | 45% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 538 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Pike Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 63% of Pike Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | B− | B+ | 25 min | $69,398 |
| Indianapolis | 62% | B− | A− | 25 min | $66,307 |
| Washington Township | under 1% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $77,416 |
| Zionsville | 1% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $172,024 |
| Brown Township | under 1% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $140,108 |
| Wayne Township | under 1% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $57,059 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Indianapolis. Darker towns draw more of Pike 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 Pike Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Township?
$69,398 (±$2,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
14.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (62%, 9 mi), Carmel (7%, 9 mi), Plainfield (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike 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.