Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPine Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Pine Township has 78 jobs; 174 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Pine Township itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (22%, 21 miles). Home is the office for 17% of workers (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pine Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Pine Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pine Township goes to work
Where Pine Township clocks in
16% 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.
90% of the jobs in Pine Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Township, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 78. 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 Pine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pine Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pine Township
About 21% 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.
The towns around Pine Township
The biggest share goes to Center Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $110,750 |
| Center Township | 4% | D | C+ | 25 min | $52,907 |
| Bolivar Township | under 2% | B− | B | 24 min | $75,257 |
| Gilboa Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Round Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gilboa Township and Round Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine 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 Pine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Township?
$110,750 (±$24,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Township?
4.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (22%, 21 mi), West Lafayette (16%, 16 mi), Wabash Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine 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 Pine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine 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.