Most of Preble Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 84 jobs in Preble Township, against 551 working residents. For jobs and income Preble Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Hardly any stay in Preble Township for work; outside it, Fort Wayne is the main destination (29%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Preble Township
Preble Township is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Preble Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Preble Township has about 590 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Preble Township works in Fort Wayne
158 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 16 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Preble Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 551 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Preble Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Preble Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Preble 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, Preble Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Preble Township by day and by night
On a workday 547 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Preble Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
The towns that employ Preble Township’s residents
Where Preble Township clocks in
26% of workers
3% 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.
Preble Township makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Preble Township, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 84. 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 Preble Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Preble Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Preble Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 8% 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.
Preble Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Preble Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 728 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). 0.0% of Preble Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Preble Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Preble Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 594th of 3,133 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% | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Stedman NC | 1,312 | $107K | 7.5% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 593 | Lowell OR | 1,283 | $99K | 6.9% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 594 | Preble Township IN | 1,053 | $78K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 595 | Wilson Township MN | 1,140 | $99K | 6.7% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 596 | Montpelier WI | 1,375 | $86K | 7.5% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Preble Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Preble Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Root Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Preble Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preble Township | – | B+ | B− | 21 min | $78,125 |
| Root Township | 2% | B− | C− | 20 min | $63,492 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $73,736 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 25 min | $68,000 |
| Kirkland Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $76,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Kirkland Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Preble 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 Preble Township: questions
What is the median household income in Preble Township?
$78,125 (±$30,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Preble Township?
5.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Preble Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Preble Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (29%, 16 mi), Decatur (26%, 6 mi), Berne (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Preble Township walkable?
Preble Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Preble 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 Preble Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Preble 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.