Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Prairieton Township trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 23.5% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. The two grades for Prairieton Township are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for <1% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Prairieton Township at work: what stands out
Prairieton Township is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Prairieton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prairieton Township has about 810 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Prairieton Township and Terre Haute trade workers both ways
Terre Haute is the top workplace for Prairieton Township residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Prairieton Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 348 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Prairieton Township: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Prairieton Township’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,528, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Prairieton 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, Prairieton Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Prairieton Township
On a workday 348 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Prairieton Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
38% of working residents work in Terre Haute
Where Prairieton Township clocks in
38% of workers
11% 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 distance from Prairieton Township to work
About 36% 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.
Prairieton Township makes things: 53% of its jobs are in goods
32 jobs are based in Prairieton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prairieton Township, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 32. 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 Prairieton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prairieton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 689 commuters (the <1% 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.
The commute in Prairieton Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Prairieton Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 691 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Prairieton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Prairieton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Prairieton Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 3,010th of 3,771 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
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| 3,008 | Burnham ME | 1,108 | $59K | 13.6% | 6.2% | 3% | D |
| 3,009 | Benwood WV | 1,196 | $44K | 29.3% | 3.1% | 7% | D |
| 3,010 | Prairieton Township IN | 1,122 | $47K | 23.5% | 4.7% | 0% | D |
| 3,011 | Riverton Township MI | 1,232 | $63K | 17.6% | 13.6% | 3% | D |
| 3,012 | Cherrytree Township PA | 1,276 | $57K | 15.3% | 7.1% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Prairieton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Prairieton Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Honey Creek Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prairieton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieton Township | – | D | C | 26 min | $46,528 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 1% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $55,625 |
| Prairie Creek Township | under 1% | D− | D− | 27 min | $27,321 |
| Honey Creek Township | 7% | C+ | C | 18 min | $65,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prairieton 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 Prairieton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prairieton Township?
$46,528 (±$18,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prairieton Township?
23.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prairieton Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prairieton Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (38%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (11%, 77 mi), Honey Creek Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Prairieton Township walkable?
Prairieton Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prairieton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prairieton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prairieton 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.