Swan Township has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Measured by household income, Swan Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Swan Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 1% work in Swan Township itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (26%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Swan Township: the gist
Swan Township makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Swan Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Swan Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Swan Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Swan Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Swan Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Swan Township is a place people come home to
There are 303 jobs based in Swan Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Swan Township has about 1,500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Swan Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. 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.
What’s behind Swan Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Swan Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Goods jobs make up 58% of work in Swan Township
303 jobs are based in Swan Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swan Township, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 303. 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 Swan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Swan Township to work: where people go
Where Swan Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
In and out of Swan Township on a workday
On a workday 1,104 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Swan Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
Swan Township’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swan Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 858 commuters (the 14% 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.
How many miles Swan Township commutes
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.
For most of Swan Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 998 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). 1.5% of Swan Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Swan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
176th of 5,328: where Swan Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 65 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 168 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 174 | Pleasant Springs WI | 2,968 | $119K | 3.5% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 175 | Hudson Township IL | 2,498 | $114K | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 176 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 177 | Jonestown TX | 2,687 | $128K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 178 | Spencer Township OH | 1,873 | $105K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Swan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Swan Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Township | – | A+ | B− | 19 min | $112,056 |
| Green Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $89,792 |
| Allen Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $78,359 |
| Eel River Township | under 2% | A | D | 21 min | $99,966 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $80,568 |
| Keyser Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $62,234 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swan 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 Swan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Swan Township?
$112,056 (±$17,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swan Township?
0.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swan Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swan Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (26%, 17 mi), Kendallville (11%, 9 mi), Avilla (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Swan Township walkable?
Swan Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Swan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swan 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.