Scott Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
66 jobs are based in Scott Township, against 563 working residents. The two grades for Scott Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any work in Scott Township; the top destination outside it is Angola (29%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Scott Township apart on work
Scott Township is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Scott Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scott Township has about 700 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Scott Township works in Angola
165 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Angola, 4.5 miles away. That’s far more as work in Scott Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 563 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Scott Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Scott Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Scott Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.9%) is left out: Scott Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Scott Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Scott Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Scott Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where Scott Township goes to work
Where Scott Township clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 53% of the jobs in Scott Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott Township, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 66. 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 Scott Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Scott Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scott Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 471 commuters (the 5% 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 Scott Township’s workers travel
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.
For most of Scott Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scott Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. 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 494 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). 3.1% of Scott Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scott Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Scott Township comes 1,067th 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+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 1,065 | Addison VT | 1,352 | $107K | 4.5% | 0.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,066 | Buhler KS | 1,320 | $73K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 11% | B |
| 1,067 | Scott Township IN | 1,198 | $67K | 0.0% | 10.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,068 | Sauk Centre Township MN | 1,234 | $99K | 6.3% | 0.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,069 | Stoddard NH | 1,468 | $95K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
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| 4,312 | 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 Scott Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Scott Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | – | B | D | 20 min | $67,361 |
| Pleasant Township | 3% | C | B+ | 18 min | $72,880 |
| York Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Otsego Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $78,828 |
| Fremont Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 18 min | $67,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. York Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scott 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 Scott Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scott Township?
$67,361 (±$23,972) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott Township?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (29%, 4 mi), Fort Wayne (10%, 41 mi), Fremont (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scott Township walkable?
Scott Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scott Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scott Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scott 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.