Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Riley Township’s working residents commute to Terre Haute
Only 2% stay in Riley Township for work; outside it, Terre Haute is the main destination (46%, 6 miles). Riley Township grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Riley Township stands out on work
Nearly half of Riley Township works in Terre Haute
630 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Terre Haute, 6.4 miles away. That’s 23 times as many as work in Riley Township itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Riley Township
62% of Riley Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Riley Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Riley Township is a place people come home to
There are 382 jobs based in Riley Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riley Township has about 2,200 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Riley Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Riley Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Riley Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #298 of 593 in Indiana. Household income holds Riley Township’s grade up ($97,300, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riley Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
The towns that employ Riley Township’s residents
Where Riley Township clocks in
46% 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.
What Riley Township’s employers do
382 jobs are based in Riley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riley Township, 2014 → 2024: 365 → 382. 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 Riley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Riley Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,360 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Riley Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
How far Riley Township’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Riley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riley Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,247 commuters (the 12% 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.
Driving is how Riley Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riley Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #533 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,412 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 0.0% of Riley Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Riley Township is 2,132nd among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,130 | Durand MI | 3,457 | $67K | 9.4% | 3.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,131 | Naples UT | 2,488 | $98K | 3.1% | 6.3% | 8% | B− |
| 2,132 | Riley Township IN | 3,174 | $97K | 12.5% | 4.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,133 | Milton LA | 2,793 | $106K | 20.3% | 4.6% | 2% | B− |
| 2,134 | Lutcher LA | 2,822 | $60K | 14.1% | 2.2% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Riley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Riley Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Honey Creek Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Township | – | B− | D | 24 min | $97,300 |
| Honey Creek Township | 8% | C+ | C | 18 min | $65,458 |
| Pierson Township | under 1% | C− | D− | 26 min | $71,875 |
| Lost Creek Township | under 1% | B | B | 19 min | $67,471 |
| Perry Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riley 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 Riley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riley Township?
$97,300 (±$15,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riley Township?
12.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riley Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riley Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Riley Township walkable?
Riley Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riley 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.