Silver Creek Township has lower unemployment (2.1%) than 83% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Silver Creek Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. About one in ten work in Silver Creek Township itself; outside it, New Albany draws the most (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Silver Creek Township apart
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Silver Creek Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Silver Creek Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #100 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($75,732, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silver Creek Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Silver Creek Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6,210 residents head out to work, 543 work right here, and 4,560 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Silver Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Silver Creek Township to work: where people go
Where Silver Creek Township clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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.
Jobs in Silver Creek Township: what the 5,103 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Creek Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,492 → 5,103. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Silver Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Silver Creek Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Creek Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,065 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Silver Creek Township
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Silver Creek Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silver Creek Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #282 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of 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 6,802 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). 4.5% of Silver Creek Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silver Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Silver Creek Township next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000: 730th of 2,362 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 54 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 96 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 107 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 728 | Towamencin Township PA | 17,955 | $100K | 6.6% | 4.7% | 5% | A− |
| 729 | Smithfield UT | 15,153 | $98K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 9% | A− |
| 730 | Silver Creek Township IN | 14,771 | $76K | 7.4% | 2.1% | 8% | A− |
| 731 | Rosedale CA | 18,877 | $136K | 6.4% | 4.4% | 7% | A− |
| 732 | Florham Park NJ | 14,456 | $159K | 8.7% | 5.4% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Silver Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns next door employ 27% of Silver Creek Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silver Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Township | – | A− | B− | 20 min | $75,732 |
| Jeffersonville | 13% | B | A− | 20 min | $70,930 |
| Charlestown Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $92,021 |
| Jeffersonville Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 19 min | $62,247 |
| Utica Township | 2% | A | C | 21 min | $102,897 |
| New Albany Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $65,344 |
| Carr Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $107,295 |
| Clarksville | 7% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $60,467 |
| Sellersburg | 5% | B | C+ | 20 min | $72,179 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A | D | 30 min | $111,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jeffersonville. Darker towns draw more of Silver Creek 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 2024, 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 Silver Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Creek Township?
$75,732 (±$7,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Creek Township?
7.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Creek Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Creek Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (13%, 7 mi), Jeffersonville (13%, 5 mi), Louisville (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Silver Creek Township walkable?
Silver Creek Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silver Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silver Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.