Most of Ray Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 129 jobs in Ray Township, against 671 working residents. Ray Township grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Ray Township; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (32%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Ray Township, in brief
Ray Township is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Ray Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ray Township has about 1,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Ray Township works in Indianapolis
216 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 35 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Ray Township itself. The commute map ↓
Ray Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 671 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Ray Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Ray Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ray Township’s grade up ($87,292, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Ray 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, Ray Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Ray Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 654 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Ray Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Ray Township’s residents
Where Ray Township clocks in
32% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ray Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 613 commuters (the 10% 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 kinds of work in Ray Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ray Township, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 129. 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 Ray Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Ray Township, by distance
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.
In Ray Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ray Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 683 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). 2.0% of Ray Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ray Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Ray Township ranks 2,380th of 6,161 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,378 | Bridge Creek WI | 2,191 | $83K | 12.8% | 2.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,379 | Norwood OK | 1,752 | $89K | 8.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,380 | Ray Township IN | 1,627 | $87K | 12.9% | 5.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,381 | Nicholson Township PA | 1,245 | $73K | 6.4% | 1.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,382 | Fishing Creek Township PA | 1,577 | $82K | 7.2% | 6.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Ray Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Ray Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ray Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Township | – | B− | C | 34 min | $87,292 |
| Baker Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 28 min | $101,587 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 38 min | $88,750 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 31 min | $63,802 |
Same-state neighbors only. Baker Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ray 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 Ray Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ray Township?
$87,292 (±$6,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ray Township?
12.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ray Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ray Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 35 mi), Martinsville (12%, 8 mi), Plainfield (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ray Township walkable?
Ray Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ray Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ray Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ray 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.