Photo: Nyttend · Public domainRobb Township has lower unemployment (2.1%) than 83% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Robb Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (38%, 20 miles). Jobs and income earn Robb Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Household incomes here are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Robb Township and work: the main findings
What’s behind Robb Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Robb Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Robb Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($59,150, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Robb Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting out of Robb Township: the destinations
Where Robb Township clocks in
38% of workers
5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Robb Township
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Robb Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.75 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 2023, primary jobs.
What the 585 jobs in Robb Township are
585 jobs are based in Robb Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Robb Township, 2013 → 2023: 666 → 585. 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 Robb Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Robb Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Robb Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 872 commuters (the 16% 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 distance from Robb Township to work
About 16% 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.
Robb Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Robb Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,042 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). 0.2% of Robb Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Robb Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Robb Township is 1,915th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,913 | Falling Waters WV | 2,183 | $88K | 4.3% | 10.8% | <1% | B |
| 1,914 | Shepherdstown WV | 1,522 | $64K | 6.2% | 11.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,915 | Robb Township IN | 1,748 | $59K | 6.6% | 2.1% | 7% | B |
| 1,916 | Gore Township KS | 1,970 | $70K | 9.1% | 7.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,917 | Ely Township MI | 1,939 | $100K | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Robb Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Robb Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Smith Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Robb Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robb Township | – | B | B− | 25 min | $59,150 |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 25 min | $64,271 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $68,000 |
| Center Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 30 min | $86,974 |
| Smith Township | 3% | C+ | C | 28 min | $66,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bethel Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Robb 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 Robb Township: questions
What is the median household income in Robb Township?
$59,150 (±$8,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Robb Township?
6.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Robb Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Robb Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (38%, 20 mi), Poseyville (5%, 2 mi), Patoka Township (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Robb Township walkable?
Robb Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Robb Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Robb Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Robb 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.