Earning a living in Templeton
Hardly any work in Templeton; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (21%, 20 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Indiana 11%). Templeton has 37 jobs, and 34 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Templeton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18 people are in Templeton on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 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.
The towns that employ Templeton’s residents
Where Templeton clocks in
9% 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.
92% of the jobs in Templeton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Templeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Templeton
of Templeton workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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.
Half of Templeton commutes less than 20 miles
About 26% 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.
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 Templeton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Templeton?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Templeton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (21%, 20 mi), West Lafayette (9%, 16 mi), Fowler (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Templeton 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 Templeton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Templeton
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.