Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Taylor Township top those of 83% of U.S. towns
1.8% of residents are in poverty (Indiana 12.3%). The two grades for Taylor Township are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any work in Taylor Township itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (13%, 70 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Taylor Township stands out on work
Taylor Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Taylor Township is Indianapolis, 70 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (46) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
64% of the jobs in Taylor Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Taylor 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 ↓
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; with 365 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Taylor Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Taylor Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Taylor Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Taylor Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Taylor Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
How far Taylor Township goes to work
About 33% 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.
75% of the jobs in Taylor Township pay over $3,333 a month
300 jobs are based in Taylor Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Township, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 300. 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 Taylor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Taylor 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 Taylor Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 615 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.
Taylor Township by day and by night
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Taylor Township to work: where people go
Where Taylor Township clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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 Taylor Township, most people drive to work
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 707 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.
Taylor Township is 517th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 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% | 1% | 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% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 515 | Barbee IN | 1,464 | $95K | 3.8% | 12.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 516 | Hudson Lake IN | 1,347 | $98K | 7.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 517 | Taylor Township IN | 1,123 | $109K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 518 | Germantown IL | 1,379 | $92K | 5.4% | 1.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 519 | Kent City MI | 1,395 | $77K | 6.0% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Taylor Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Township | – | B+ | D− | 37 min | $108,646 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | D | B | 25 min | $54,038 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 30 min | $68,475 |
| Cass Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 36 min | $67,262 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B | B− | 31 min | $66,970 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cass 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 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 Taylor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor Township?
$108,646 (±$16,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Township?
1.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor 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 Taylor Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (13%, 70 mi), Bloomington (12%, 25 mi), Linton (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Taylor Township walkable?
Taylor Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 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), 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.