With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Scott Township works elsewhere
Employers in Scott Township report 346 jobs for 788 working residents. For jobs and income Scott Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B−). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Scott Township
Scott Township makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Scott Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Scott Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 52%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
41% of the jobs based in Scott Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Scott Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Scott Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker, and quicker than any town next door (19 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 788 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Scott Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Scott 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, Scott Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Scott Township works in goods: 68% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott Township, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 346. 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.
Each way, about 15 minutes from Scott Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 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 782 commuters (the 0% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Scott Township
On a workday 768 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Scott Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
15% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where Scott Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
Where in the region Scott Township works
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.
In Scott Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 34.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 782 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). 62.3% 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.
Scott Township is 994th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 992 | Kent City MI | 1,395 | $77K | 6.0% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 993 | Glen Gardner NJ | 1,690 | $102K | 6.4% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 994 | Scott Township IN | 1,739 | $87K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 995 | White River Township MI | 1,416 | $110K | 4.0% | 1.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 996 | Elizabeth Lake CA | 1,840 | $120K | 5.8% | 9.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Scott Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns next door employ 10% of Scott Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | – | B+ | B− | 15 min | $86,629 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | A | B− | 20 min | $101,481 |
| Locke Township | under 2% | B | A− | 19 min | $87,734 |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $84,333 |
| Nappanee | 10% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $68,892 |
| Etna Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 20 min | $59,048 |
| German Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 20 min | $79,175 |
| Bourbon Township | under 2% | B | B | 20 min | $75,804 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Nappanee. 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?
$86,629 (±$4,644) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott Township?
5.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (15%, 13 mi), Nappanee (10%, 4 mi), Goshen (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Scott Township walkable?
Scott Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 35% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scott Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 62% 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.