Pleasant Lake Depot · Photo: MrHarman · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Steuben Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%). There are 310 jobs in Steuben Township for 1,271 working residents. Steuben Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Steuben Township
Steuben Township makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Steuben Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Steuben Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Steuben Township is a place people come home to
There are 310 jobs based in Steuben Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Steuben Township has about 2,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Steuben Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
Jobs & income in Steuben Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Steuben Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #392 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Steuben Township’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Steuben Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Goods jobs make up 62% of work in Steuben Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steuben Township, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 310. 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 Steuben Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Steuben Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,235 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Steuben Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
How long Steuben Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steuben Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,227 commuters (the 3% 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.
19% of working residents work in Angola
Where Steuben Township clocks in
19% 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.
Where in the region Steuben Township works
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.
Few in Steuben Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Steuben Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #453 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,259 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). 0.3% of Steuben Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Steuben Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Steuben Township places 2,620th of 4,618 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,618 | Louisville NY | 2,974 | $91K | 10.1% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,619 | Broadwell Township IL | 2,860 | $70K | 9.4% | 3.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,620 | Steuben Township IN | 2,937 | $73K | 9.0% | 5.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,621 | Deerfield Township NJ | 3,251 | $85K | 10.6% | 8.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,622 | Madison Township OH | 2,821 | $88K | 9.2% | 7.5% | <1% | C+ |
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| 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 Steuben Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Steuben Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steuben Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben Township | – | C+ | C− | 22 min | $73,000 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | C | B+ | 18 min | $72,880 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $81,462 |
| Otsego Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $78,828 |
| Smithfield Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 20 min | $63,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Steuben 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 Steuben Township: questions
What is the median household income in Steuben Township?
$73,000 (±$12,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steuben Township?
9.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steuben Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steuben Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (19%, 6 mi), Fort Wayne (14%, 33 mi), Hamilton (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Steuben Township walkable?
Steuben Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steuben 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 Steuben Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steuben 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.