Most of Smyrna Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Smyrna Township; the top destination outside it is Madison (37%, 7 miles). Smyrna Township has 56 jobs; 446 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Smyrna Township are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Smyrna Township, in brief
Smyrna Township is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Smyrna Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Smyrna Township has about 700 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Smyrna Township and Madison trade workers both ways
Madison is the top workplace for Smyrna Township residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Smyrna Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 446 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Smyrna Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Smyrna Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Smyrna Township’s grade up ($71,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Smyrna 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, Smyrna Township could be anywhere from D− to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Smyrna Township
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Smyrna 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.
The towns that employ Smyrna Township’s residents
Where Smyrna Township clocks in
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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in Smyrna Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smyrna Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 56. 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 Smyrna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Smyrna Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smyrna Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Smyrna Township commutes less than 9 miles
About 26% 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 Smyrna Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Smyrna Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Smyrna Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 438 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). 6.5% of Smyrna Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Smyrna Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Smyrna Township is 2,306th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 2,304 | Leicester VT | 1,023 | $70K | 11.8% | 3.8% | 3% | C |
| 2,305 | Cadott WI | 1,473 | $71K | 15.8% | 0.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,306 | Smyrna Township IN | 1,090 | $71K | 12.7% | 5.2% | <1% | C |
| 2,307 | Shamrock Township MN | 1,271 | $71K | 8.9% | 4.7% | 14% | C |
| 2,308 | Lincoln WI | 1,167 | $79K | 12.0% | 3.1% | 21% | 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 Smyrna Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 10% of Smyrna Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Smyrna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna Township | – | C | D− | 25 min | $71,250 |
| Graham Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $78,292 |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 24 min | $79,750 |
| Republican Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 25 min | $97,109 |
| Madison Township | 10% | C | B− | 20 min | $61,237 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Madison Township. Darker towns draw more of Smyrna 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 Smyrna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Smyrna Township?
$71,250 (±$31,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smyrna Township?
12.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smyrna Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smyrna Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (37%, 7 mi), Madison Township (10%, 7 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Smyrna Township walkable?
Smyrna Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Smyrna Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smyrna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smyrna 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.