Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Taylor Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Taylor Township report 45 jobs, and 422 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Taylor Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Taylor Township
Taylor Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 55 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 422 hours of commuting, 238 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Taylor Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Taylor Township is Indianapolis, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (89) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Taylor Township is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Taylor Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Taylor Township has about 710 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 422 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Taylor Township
On income, poverty and job access, Taylor Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Taylor Township’s grade up (8.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Taylor Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Taylor Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
Taylor Township’s commute takes about 55 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylor Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 492 commuters (the 0% 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 Taylor Township commutes
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.
The daily flow of workers through Taylor Township
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Taylor Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
21% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Taylor Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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 Taylor Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Township, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 45. 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 Taylor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Taylor Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Taylor Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Taylor Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 492 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). 0.0% of Taylor Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Taylor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Taylor Township ranks 2,561st of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | <1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
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| 2,559 | Reeds Spring MO | 1,223 | $56K | 14.1% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| 2,560 | Center Township IN | 1,471 | $61K | 11.7% | 0.3% | <1% | C− |
| 2,561 | Taylor Township IN | 1,084 | $55K | 8.6% | 2.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,562 | Tompkins NY | 1,265 | $61K | 8.8% | 0.7% | 1% | C− |
| 2,563 | Raymond MS | 1,384 | $40K | 20.6% | 4.0% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Taylor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Taylor Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Township | – | C− | D− | 55 min | $54,896 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 25 min | $59,637 |
| Jennings Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Cloverdale Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 28 min | $66,277 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 31 min | $63,802 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jennings Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Taylor 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 Taylor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor Township?
$54,896 (±$30,935) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Township?
8.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor Township?
55 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylor Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (21%, 39 mi), Spencer (11%, 11 mi), Bloomington (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Taylor Township walkable?
Taylor Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taylor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taylor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylor 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.