Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor more than half of its working residents, St. Joseph Township is a commute to Fort Wayne
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). The two grades for St. Joseph Township are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in St. Joseph Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (62%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: St. Joseph Township in brief
Much of St. Joseph Township works one town over
68% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Joseph Township: Fort Wayne (62%), New Haven (4%) and Milan Township (1%). Next door ↓
Most St. Joseph Township residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: St. Joseph Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Joseph Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #249 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds St. Joseph Township’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($72,566, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Joseph Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Half of St. Joseph Township commutes less than 7 miles
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.
St. Joseph Township by day and by night
On a workday 30,923 residents head out to work, 3,770 work right here, and 15,364 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64,000 people are in St. Joseph Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
Where the trip to work from St. Joseph Township ends
Where St. Joseph Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
What St. Joseph Township’s employers do
19,134 jobs are based in St. Joseph Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Joseph Township, 2013 → 2023: 17,489 → 19,134. 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 St. Joseph Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from St. Joseph Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Joseph Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33,662 commuters (the 9% 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.
Driving is how St. Joseph Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Joseph Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #186 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 37,140 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 48% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of St. Joseph Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of St. Joseph Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, St. Joseph Township is 321st among 560 U.S. towns of 56,000 to 107,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Fall Creek Township IN | 75,188 | $146K | 3.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 10 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Bayonne NJ | 74,744 | $84K | 14.4% | 5.4% | 15% | B |
| 320 | Coconut Creek FL | 58,626 | $75K | 11.0% | 5.0% | 6% | B |
| 321 | St. Joseph Township IN | 79,623 | $73K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 11% | B |
| 322 | Greece NY | 94,484 | $80K | 10.6% | 5.1% | 16% | B |
| 323 | West Sacramento CA | 56,216 | $93K | 12.8% | 6.0% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 560 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 St. Joseph Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 68% of St. Joseph Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Joseph Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Township | – | B | B | 22 min | $72,566 |
| Washington Township | under 1% | B | A− | 21 min | $67,489 |
| Adams Township | under 1% | C | B+ | 25 min | $60,041 |
| Cedar Creek Township | under 1% | A | C | 23 min | $112,286 |
| Wayne Township | under 1% | C− | A | 21 min | $49,084 |
| Milan Township | 1% | A+ | D− | 28 min | $120,476 |
| Fort Wayne | 62% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $61,422 |
| New Haven | 4% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $70,970 |
| Perry Township | 1% | A+ | C | 21 min | $112,479 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Wayne. Darker towns draw more of St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Joseph Township?
$72,566 (±$2,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Joseph Township?
10.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Joseph Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Joseph Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (62%, 6 mi), New Haven (4%, 5 mi), Indianapolis (4%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Joseph Township walkable?
St. Joseph Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Joseph Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Joseph Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Joseph 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.