Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSoutheast Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
29 jobs are based in Southeast Township for 595 working residents. Southeast Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 0% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Southeast Township stands out on work
Southeast Township is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Southeast Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Southeast Township has about 950 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Southeast Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Southeast Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 595 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Southeast Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On family income, poverty and job access, Southeast Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Southeast Township’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 11.9%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
16% of Southeast Township’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (17% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 5.0%, against 4.0% for all residents. Unemployment (3.1%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($85,625), since student households pull the household median down ($95,569).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Southeast Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily flow of workers through Southeast Township
On a workday 593 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Southeast Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 39 minutes each way for Southeast Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Southeast Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,000 commuters (the 0% 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.
14% of working residents work in Paoli
Where Southeast Township clocks in
14% 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.
Southeast Township works in goods: 79% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southeast Township, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 29. 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 Southeast Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Southeast Township to work
About 27% 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.
The commute in Southeast Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Southeast Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,000 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). 1.4% of Southeast Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Southeast Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,641st of 5,397: where Southeast Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | 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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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 107 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,639 | Clear Lake SD | 1,220 | $85K | 9.8% | 3.8% | 28% | C+ |
| 2,640 | Quinlan TX | 1,601 | $45K | 10.0% | 6.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,641 | Southeast Township IN | 1,515 | $96K | 4.0% | 3.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,642 | Bradford ME | 1,247 | $83K | 9.0% | 2.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,643 | Beacon Hill WA | 1,804 | $87K | 15.5% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Southeast Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Southeast Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Southeast Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Township | – | C+ | D | 39 min | $95,569 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | D | B− | 31 min | $49,593 |
| Greenfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Paoli Township | under 3% | D | C− | 24 min | $49,135 |
| Stampers Creek Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 26 min | $51,250 |
| Posey Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 43 min | $43,100 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Southeast 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.
- Students. 16% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Southeast Township: questions
What is the median household income in Southeast Township?
$95,569 (±$17,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Southeast Township?
4.0% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 5.0%. Indiana: 12.3%.
How long is the commute from Southeast Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Southeast Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paoli (14%, 9 mi), French Lick (7%, 15 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Southeast Township walkable?
Southeast Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Southeast 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 Southeast Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Southeast 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.