Fewer people are out of work in Prairie Township (0.3%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
At 24 minutes each way, commutes from Prairie Township run about the Indiana average. Prairie Township grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 6% work in Prairie Township; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (32%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Prairie Township
Prairie Township is a place people come home to
There are 380 jobs based in Prairie Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prairie Township has about 2,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Prairie Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Prairie Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Prairie Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Prairie Township works in Lafayette
525 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Lafayette, 15 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Prairie Township itself. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Prairie Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Prairie 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Prairie Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Prairie Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #104 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Prairie Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Prairie Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Prairie Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,559 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 41% of Prairie Township’s jobs are in goods
380 jobs are based in Prairie Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prairie Township, 2014 → 2024: 372 → 380. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Prairie Township’s residents
Where Prairie Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
The trip to work from Prairie Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,577 commuters (the 11% 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 Prairie Township commutes less than 13 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Prairie Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Prairie Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #324 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,772 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). 1.4% of Prairie Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Prairie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
803rd of 4,402: where Prairie Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
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| 137 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 801 | Bordentown NJ | 4,108 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.6% | 3% | A− |
| 802 | Voorheesville NY | 2,846 | $111K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 5% | A− |
| 803 | Prairie Township IN | 3,435 | $82K | 5.2% | 0.3% | 6% | A− |
| 804 | Deerfield Township MI | 4,102 | $105K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 805 | Sisco Heights WA | 3,015 | $119K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Prairie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Prairie Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Township | – | A− | C+ | 24 min | $81,731 |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $61,438 |
| Round Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Big Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $109,652 |
Same-state neighbors only. Round Grove Township and Big Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prairie 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 2024, 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 Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prairie Township?
$81,731 (±$12,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prairie Township?
5.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prairie Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prairie Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (32%, 14 mi), West Lafayette (12%, 12 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Prairie Township walkable?
Prairie Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prairie Township without a car?
3% 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 Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prairie Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.