West Union Bridge · Photo: Jacob Hilt · CC BY-SA 4.0Reserve Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Measured by household income, Reserve Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns. Employers in Reserve Township report 109 jobs, and 500 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Reserve Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Reserve Township: the figures worth knowing
Reserve Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Reserve Township is Terre Haute, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (103) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Reserve Township is a place people come home to
There are 109 jobs based in Reserve Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reserve Township has about 910 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Reserve Township’s 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 31 to 37 minutes. Next door ↓
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 500 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Reserve Township’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Reserve Township’s grade.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Reserve Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Reserve Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
How many miles Reserve Township commutes
About 32% 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.
Who works in Reserve Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 492 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Reserve Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
21% of working residents work in Terre Haute
Where Reserve Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
What Reserve Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reserve Township, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 109. 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 Reserve Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Reserve Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reserve Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 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.
Getting around Reserve Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 467 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). 9.9% of Reserve Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reserve Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Reserve Township is 4,511th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,509 | Manton MI | 1,626 | $46K | 13.5% | 3.0% | 9% | D |
| 4,510 | Huntsville MO | 1,362 | $53K | 17.9% | 0.0% | 7% | D |
| 4,511 | Reserve Township IN | 1,301 | $51K | 17.4% | 6.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,512 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,487 | $50K | 15.2% | 1.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,513 | Richland Township OH | 1,649 | $54K | 15.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Reserve Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 11% of Reserve Township
The biggest share goes to Wabash Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reserve Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserve Township | – | D | C− | 24 min | $51,397 |
| Vermillion Township | 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Penn Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Helt Township | under 2% | C− | D | 37 min | $61,204 |
| Wabash Township | 5% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Adams Township | 4% | C− | B+ | 32 min | $61,190 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Vermillion Township, Penn Township, Wabash Township and Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Reserve 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 Reserve Township: questions
What is the median household income in Reserve Township?
$51,397 (±$12,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reserve Township?
17.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reserve Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reserve Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (21%, 24 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 63 mi), Rockville (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Reserve Township walkable?
Reserve Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reserve Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reserve Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reserve 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.