Redding Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 770 jobs in Redding Township; 2,611 of its residents have a job. Redding Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Redding Township, in brief
Redding Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Redding Township went from 398 in 2013 to 770 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
Redding Township and Seymour trade workers both ways
Seymour is the top workplace for Redding Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Redding Township come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Redding Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Redding Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Redding Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Redding Township is a place people come home to
There are 770 jobs based in Redding Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redding Township has about 3,500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Redding Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Redding Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Redding Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #148 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Redding Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); 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, Redding Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Redding Township works in goods: 48% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redding Township, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 770. 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 Redding Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
37% of working residents work in Seymour
Where Redding Township clocks in
37% of workers
19% of workers
7% 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.
Redding Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,519 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Redding Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 trip to work from Redding Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redding Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,780 commuters (the 3% 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.
Redding Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Redding Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redding Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #486 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Redding 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 2,863 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). 2.1% of Redding Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Redding Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Redding Township next to U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200: 1,068th of 3,651 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 95 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,066 | Straban Township PA | 4,968 | $88K | 7.1% | 2.3% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,067 | Twin Lakes WI | 6,338 | $86K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,068 | Redding Township IN | 5,325 | $86K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Minisink NY | 4,688 | $128K | 5.1% | 4.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | 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 Redding Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 38% of Redding Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Seymour (37%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Redding Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redding Township | – | B+ | C− | 23 min | $85,692 |
| Sand Creek Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 30 min | $71,625 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $71,086 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $62,411 |
| Hamilton Township | 1% | C− | D− | 18 min | $59,474 |
| Seymour | 37% | B− | B | 19 min | $64,426 |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 25 min | $77,566 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Redding 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 Redding Township: questions
What is the median household income in Redding Township?
$85,692 (±$4,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redding Township?
6.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redding Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redding Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (37%, 6 mi), Columbus (19%, 14 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redding Township walkable?
Redding Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redding 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 Redding Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redding 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.