Sheffield Township has lower unemployment (0.7%) than 96% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Sheffield Township; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (51%, 6 miles). Jobs and income earn Sheffield Township B; getting around on foot earns it D. The poverty rate is 26.9% (Indiana 12.3%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sheffield Township
Sheffield Township makes and builds things
94% of the jobs based in Sheffield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sheffield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Sheffield Township fills up on a workday
Sheffield Township has 7,160 jobs, 3.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,300 people are in town, more than double the 4,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
More than half of Sheffield Township works in Lafayette
950 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Lafayette, 6.4 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Sheffield Township itself. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Sheffield Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
93% of the jobs based in Sheffield Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 65% of the jobs Sheffield Township residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Sheffield Township. The jobs ↓
Sheffield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sheffield Township went from 3,910 in 2013 to 7,160 in 2023, +83%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sheffield Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheffield Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #255 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Sheffield Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheffield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Making and building: 94% of jobs based in Sheffield Township
7,160 jobs are based in Sheffield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheffield Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,910 → 7,160. 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 Sheffield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Sheffield Township by day
On a workday 1,630 residents head out to work, 240 work right here, and 6,920 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,300 people are in Sheffield Township on a workday afternoon, 132% more than live here.
3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Sheffield Township
Where Sheffield Township clocks in
9% 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.
The trip to work from Sheffield Township: 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 Sheffield Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,583 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sheffield Township
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.
Most of Sheffield Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheffield Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #564 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,748 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.2% of Sheffield Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sheffield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,767th of 4,177: where Sheffield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 84 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 95 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 136 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,765 | Henrietta TX | 3,258 | $67K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 19% | B |
| 1,766 | Amery WI | 2,927 | $59K | 5.9% | 1.0% | 25% | B |
| 1,767 | Sheffield Township IN | 4,013 | $81K | 26.9% | 0.7% | 13% | B |
| 1,768 | Tisbury MA | 4,934 | $74K | 7.1% | 0.6% | 26% | B |
| 1,769 | Vienna Township OH | 4,024 | $76K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Sheffield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Sheffield Township
The biggest share goes to Wea Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheffield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Township | – | B | D | 20 min | $81,346 |
| Wea Township | 1% | B | B− | 18 min | $69,142 |
| Madison Township | under 1% | B− | D− | 26 min | $68,826 |
| Perry Township | under 1% | A− | C | 18 min | $86,778 |
| Lauramie Township | under 1% | B− | D− | 22 min | $74,805 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sheffield 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 Sheffield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sheffield Township?
$81,346 (±$21,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheffield Township?
26.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheffield Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheffield Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (51%, 6 mi), West Lafayette (9%, 11 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sheffield Township walkable?
Sheffield Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheffield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheffield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheffield 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.