Posey Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
16 jobs are based in Posey Township, and 507 of its residents work somewhere. Posey Township grades C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Posey Township is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Posey Township apart
Posey Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 199 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Posey Township is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Posey Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Posey Township has about 560 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 507 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Posey Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Posey Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Posey Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Posey 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, Posey Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Commuting from Posey Township: about 50 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Posey Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 3% 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.
How many people are in Posey Township by day
On a workday 502 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Posey Township on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
11% of working residents work in Batesville
Where Posey Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
What Posey Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Posey Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 16. 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 Posey Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Posey Township
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Posey Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Posey Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Posey 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 320 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). 15.7% of Posey Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Posey Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Posey Township is 1,990th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 1,988 | Clay KY | 1,004 | $61K | 9.6% | 3.7% | 7% | C− |
| 1,989 | Elwood Township IL | 1,383 | $54K | 8.3% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 1,990 | Posey Township IN | 1,051 | $52K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 1,991 | Williams Township PA | 1,062 | $78K | 16.7% | 9.0% | 2% | C− |
| 1,992 | Pacific City OR | 1,303 | $93K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Posey Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Posey Township
The biggest share goes to Laurel Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Posey Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey Township | – | C− | D− | 50 min | $52,440 |
| Laurel Township | 2% | C− | C | 41 min | $72,596 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Fugit Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 49 min | $93,667 |
| Salt Creek Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 29 min | $62,396 |
| Orange Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland Township and Orange Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Posey 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 Posey Township: questions
What is the median household income in Posey Township?
$52,440 (±$12,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Posey Township?
7.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Posey Township?
50 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Posey Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (11%, 13 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 51 mi), Greensburg (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Posey Township walkable?
Posey Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Posey Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Posey Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Posey 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.