Household incomes in Pike Township are higher than in 65% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 8.9% of residents; Indiana has 12.3%. Jobs and income earn Pike Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 6% stay in Pike Township for work; outside it, Williamsport is the main destination (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pike Township: the gist
Pike Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (18 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Pike Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Pike Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pike Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. 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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pike Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Pike Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Pike Township’s grade up ($87,813, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Pike 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, Pike Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Pike Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 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 540 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.
40% of the jobs in Pike Township make or build things
356 jobs are based in Pike Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 356. 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.
A workday in Pike Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 443 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
Where Pike Township goes to work
Where Pike Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Miles to work from Pike Township
About 29% 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.
For most of Pike Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pike Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pike 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 577 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). 0.9% of Pike Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pike Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pike Township is 1,823rd of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,821 | New Hope NC | 1,487 | $59K | 8.6% | 12.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,822 | Fountain Green UT | 1,333 | $73K | 5.3% | 4.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,823 | Pike Township IN | 1,161 | $88K | 8.9% | 9.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,824 | Bolinas CA | 1,334 | $101K | 9.1% | 2.6% | 13% | C+ |
| 1,825 | El Valle de Arroyo Seco NM | 1,293 | $68K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Pike Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Pike Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | C+ | D− | 32 min | $87,813 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | B− | C | 22 min | $68,966 |
| Steuben Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Troy Township | under 3% | C | B+ | 18 min | $55,313 |
| Shawnee Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Jordan Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Steuben Township, Shawnee Township and Jordan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$87,813 (±$26,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
8.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (10%, 5 mi), Danville (10%, 14 mi), Lafayette (8%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike 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 Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.