Stone's Trace · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Sparta Township works elsewhere
Only 5% work in Sparta Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (10%, 32 miles). Sparta Township has 551 jobs; 1,141 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Sparta Township B; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sparta Township, in a few figures
Sparta Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Sparta Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sparta Township is Fort Wayne, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (114) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Sparta Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Sparta Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sparta Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #274 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Sparta Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sparta Township could be anywhere from C to A.
How long Sparta Township spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sparta Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,353 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Sparta Township, by distance
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.
A workday in Sparta Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,084 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Sparta Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sparta Township: the destinations
Where Sparta Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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 Sparta Township: what the 551 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sparta Township, 2014 → 2024: 586 → 551. 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 Sparta Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Sparta Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sparta Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #385 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,404 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). 5.2% of Sparta Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sparta Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sparta Township places 1,928th of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 70 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Leo-Cedarville IN | 3,790 | $116K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,926 | Polk City FL | 3,082 | $80K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,927 | Glen Rose TX | 3,148 | $75K | 12.0% | 1.3% | 22% | B |
| 1,928 | Sparta Township IN | 2,846 | $82K | 10.8% | 3.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,929 | Milford NY | 2,748 | $73K | 6.8% | 1.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,930 | College Township OH | 2,586 | $101K | 12.4% | 3.5% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Sparta Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Sparta Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sparta Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Township | – | B | C | 34 min | $81,935 |
| York Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 25 min | $80,972 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | C− | C | 29 min | $64,266 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $72,575 |
| Turkey Creek Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $75,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sparta 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 Sparta Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sparta Township?
$81,935 (±$16,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sparta Township?
10.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sparta Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sparta Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (10%, 32 mi), Ligonier (7%, 5 mi), Goshen (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sparta Township walkable?
Sparta Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sparta Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sparta Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sparta 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.