Most of Skelton Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Skelton Township has 70 jobs, and 654 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Skelton Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Skelton Township
Skelton Township is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Skelton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Skelton Township has about 1,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Skelton Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 654 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Skelton Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Skelton Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Skelton Township’s grade up ($84,375, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Skelton 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, Skelton Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Skelton Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 645 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Skelton Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
From Skelton Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skelton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 577 commuters (the 2% 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.
24% of working residents work in Evansville
Where Skelton Township clocks in
24% of workers
13% 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.
What Skelton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skelton Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 70. 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 Skelton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Skelton 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.
Most of Skelton Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 589 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). 0.7% of Skelton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Skelton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Skelton Township comes 2,955th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,953 | Greenland AR | 1,544 | $70K | 13.0% | 3.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,954 | Douglas Township IL | 1,977 | $74K | 5.9% | 5.8% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,955 | Skelton Township IN | 1,618 | $84K | 14.0% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,956 | Lycoming Township PA | 1,486 | $72K | 10.8% | 3.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,957 | Overfield Township PA | 1,429 | $65K | 10.0% | 7.2% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Skelton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Skelton Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skelton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton Township | – | C+ | D− | 27 min | $84,375 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Grass Township | under 3% | C | D− | 28 min | $54,549 |
| Boon Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 24 min | $78,464 |
| Owen Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pigeon Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 31 min | $115,852 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Owen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Skelton 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 Skelton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Skelton Township?
$84,375 (±$40,234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skelton Township?
14.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skelton Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skelton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (24%, 22 mi), Boonville (13%, 8 mi), Patoka Township (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Skelton Township walkable?
Skelton Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Skelton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skelton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skelton 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.