Households in Smith Township have lower incomes than those in 63% of U.S. towns
Smith Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. The poverty rate is 10.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Smith Township at work: what stands out
Smith Township and Evansville trade workers both ways
Evansville is the top workplace for Smith Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Smith Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Smith Township workers work from home
Only 1% 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 483 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Smith Township
On income, poverty and job access, Smith Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Smith Township’s grade.
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Smith 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, Smith Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
33% of working residents work in Evansville
Where Smith Township clocks in
33% of workers
6% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smith Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 1% 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.
Smith Township by day and by night
On a workday 471 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Smith Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Goods jobs make up 66% of work in Smith Township
279 jobs are based in Smith Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smith Township, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 279. 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 Smith Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Smith 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.
In Smith Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Smith Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 285 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). 2.7% of Smith Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Smith Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Smith Township ranks 1,652nd of 3,771 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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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
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| 1,650 | Foresthill CA | 1,483 | $81K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,651 | Thunder Mountain NM | 1,366 | $47K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,652 | Smith Township IN | 1,096 | $67K | 10.7% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,653 | Centropolis Township KS | 1,045 | $64K | 7.7% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,654 | Bronson Township MI | 1,306 | $78K | 8.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Smith Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Smith Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Montgomery Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Smith Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Township | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $66,667 |
| Montgomery Township | 2% | B | D | 25 min | $68,000 |
| Armstrong Township | under 3% | B | C− | 27 min | $85,714 |
| Center Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 30 min | $86,974 |
| Robb Township | under 3% | B | B− | 25 min | $59,150 |
| Robinson Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $98,135 |
| Johnson Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $95,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Smith 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 Smith Township: questions
What is the median household income in Smith Township?
$66,667 (±$23,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smith Township?
10.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smith Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smith Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (33%, 16 mi), Poseyville (6%, 3 mi), Patoka Township (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Smith Township walkable?
Smith Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Smith 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 Smith Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smith 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.