Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 6.4%, unemployment in Rushville Township is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Rushville Township is behind 77% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Rushville Township are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in four work in Rushville Township; the top destination outside it is Rushville (25%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rushville Township at work: what stands out
Rushville Township and Rushville trade workers both ways
Rushville is the top workplace for Rushville Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Rushville Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rushville Township trades workers with the towns around it
Rushville Township has about as many jobs (3,199) as working residents (3,577), but they are mostly different people: 2,668 residents leave for work each day while 2,290 people come in. Only 28% of the jobs in Rushville Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Rushville Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rushville Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #547 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rushville Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rushville Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The places Rushville Township commutes to
Where Rushville Township clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 daily commute in and out of Rushville Township
On a workday 2,668 residents head out to work, 909 work right here, and 2,290 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Rushville Township’s 3,199 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rushville Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,899 → 3,199. 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 Rushville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Rushville Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rushville Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,200 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Rushville Township
About 15% 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.
Few in Rushville Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rushville Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #175 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,412 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). 7.8% of Rushville Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rushville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rushville Township is 2,677th of 3,051 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,675 | Oak Hill WV | 7,629 | $52K | 21.7% | 4.6% | 12% | C− |
| 2,676 | Payette ID | 8,813 | $55K | 13.9% | 5.2% | 14% | C− |
| 2,677 | Rushville Township IN | 7,672 | $58K | 15.4% | 6.4% | 25% | C− |
| 2,678 | Licking Township IN | 7,506 | $47K | 19.2% | 5.0% | 25% | C− |
| 2,679 | Alamosa CO | 9,849 | $50K | 15.9% | 4.4% | 45% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Rushville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Rushville Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rushville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushville Township | – | C− | B | 22 min | $57,639 |
| Walker Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Anderson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 35 min | $91,563 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Noble Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Posey Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 28 min | $78,563 |
| Orange Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walker Township: not graded. Union Township, Jackson Township, Noble Township and Orange Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rushville 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 Rushville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rushville Township?
$57,639 (±$10,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rushville Township?
15.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rushville Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rushville Township work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rushville (25%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 39 mi), Shelbyville (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rushville Township walkable?
Rushville Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rushville Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rushville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rushville 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.