Sparta Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 103 jobs in Sparta Township; 1,320 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Sparta Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Sparta Township for work; outside it, Lawrenceburg is the main destination (10%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sparta Township at work: what stands out
Sparta Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Sparta Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Sparta Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sparta Township has about 1,700 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Sparta Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sparta Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #449 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Sparta Township’s grade up (8.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sparta Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
The daily trip from Sparta Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 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 1,035 commuters (the 13% 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.
Who leaves Sparta Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,309 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Sparta Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where Sparta Township goes to work
Where Sparta Township clocks in
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Sparta Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sparta Township, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 103. 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 Sparta Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Sparta Township works
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Sparta Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sparta Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #482 of 593 in Indiana. 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 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,189 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). 4.3% 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 next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000: 2,993rd of 4,618 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,991 | Boyne City MI | 3,793 | $65K | 7.8% | 5.0% | 22% | C |
| 2,992 | Akron NY | 2,867 | $45K | 6.9% | 8.0% | 16% | C |
| 2,993 | Sparta Township IN | 2,959 | $65K | 8.3% | 4.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,994 | Phoenix NY | 2,192 | $59K | 16.1% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 2,995 | Fair Haven VT | 2,676 | $62K | 18.9% | 1.7% | 13% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
Around Sparta Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hogan Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sparta Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Township | – | C | C− | 37 min | $65,000 |
| Manchester Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 34 min | $96,772 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 35 min | $63,295 |
| Hogan Township | 2% | C | D− | 44 min | $75,794 |
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 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 Sparta Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sparta Township?
$65,000 (±$11,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sparta Township?
8.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sparta Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sparta Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrenceburg (10%, 10 mi), Cincinnati (7%, 30 mi), Batesville (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sparta Township walkable?
Sparta Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sparta Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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), 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.