Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Tippecanoe Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 101 jobs in Tippecanoe Township for 537 working residents. Tippecanoe Township grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tippecanoe Township, in brief
Tippecanoe Township is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Tippecanoe Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tippecanoe Township has about 860 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Tippecanoe Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (20 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Tippecanoe Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Tippecanoe Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Tippecanoe Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($61,122, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Tippecanoe 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, Tippecanoe Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Tippecanoe Township
On a workday 532 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Tippecanoe Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Tippecanoe Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tippecanoe Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 782 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.
14% of working residents work in Plymouth
Where Tippecanoe Township clocks in
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 Tippecanoe Township, 77% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tippecanoe Township, 2014 → 2024: 77 → 101. 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 Tippecanoe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Tippecanoe 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.
For most of Tippecanoe Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tippecanoe Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Tippecanoe 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 804 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). 7.9% of Tippecanoe Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tippecanoe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tippecanoe Township places 1,814th of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,812 | Orion Township IL | 1,120 | $69K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,813 | Florence Township IL | 1,134 | $91K | 11.8% | 17.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,814 | Tippecanoe Township IN | 1,295 | $61K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,815 | Forestport NY | 1,488 | $73K | 4.7% | 0.7% | 7% | B− |
| 1,816 | East Mead Township PA | 1,281 | $86K | 9.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
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| 4,866 | 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 Tippecanoe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Tippecanoe Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tippecanoe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Township | – | B− | D− | 38 min | $61,122 |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | C | B | 23 min | $62,607 |
| Newcastle Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 27 min | $48,889 |
| Bourbon Township | under 3% | B | B | 20 min | $75,804 |
| Etna Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 20 min | $59,048 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tippecanoe Township?
$61,122 (±$15,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tippecanoe Township?
4.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tippecanoe Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tippecanoe Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (14%, 14 mi), Warsaw (8%, 13 mi), Rochester (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tippecanoe Township walkable?
Tippecanoe Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tippecanoe Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tippecanoe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tippecanoe 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.