With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Posey Township works elsewhere
444 jobs are based in Posey Township, and 1,441 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Posey Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Posey Township; the top destination outside it is Terre Haute (20%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Posey Township, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Posey Township
57% of Posey Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Posey Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Posey Township pay little
29% of the jobs based in Posey Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Posey Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Posey Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #262 of 593 in Indiana. Household income holds Posey Township’s grade up ($93,664, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Posey Township could be anywhere from C to A.
What Posey Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Posey Township, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 444. 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.
Posey Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,395 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Posey Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Commuting out of Posey Township: the destinations
Where Posey Township clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Posey Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 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 1,766 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Posey Township commutes less than 13 miles
About 23% 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 more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #484 of 593 in Indiana. 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 1,945 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). 0.4% of Posey Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Posey Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Posey Township is 1,801st of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 84 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,799 | Minden NE | 3,133 | $68K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 26% | B |
| 1,800 | East Syracuse NY | 2,973 | $62K | 11.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,801 | Posey Township IN | 4,005 | $94K | 10.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,802 | Ohio Township IN | 4,886 | $76K | 7.9% | 3.9% | 18% | B |
| 1,803 | Daytona Beach Shores FL | 5,187 | $74K | 5.7% | 5.1% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
The towns around Posey Township
The biggest share goes to Brazil Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Posey Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey Township | – | B | C− | 23 min | $93,664 |
| Lost Creek Township | under 2% | B | B | 19 min | $67,471 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $95,590 |
| Brazil Township | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Dick Johnson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 32 min | $63,295 |
| Nevins Township | under 2% | C− | D | 20 min | $66,131 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township and Brazil Township: 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?
$93,664 (±$7,348) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Posey Township?
10.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Posey Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Posey Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (20%, 10 mi), Brazil (13%, 5 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Posey Township walkable?
Posey Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Posey Township without a car?
1% 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 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.