Tippecanoe Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Tippecanoe Township report 150 jobs, against 1,105 working residents. Jobs and income earn Tippecanoe Township C; getting around on foot earns it D. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tippecanoe Township apart on work
Tippecanoe Township is a place people come home to
There are 150 jobs based in Tippecanoe Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tippecanoe Township has about 1,500 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Tippecanoe Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 Tippecanoe Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tippecanoe Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Tippecanoe Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,438, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tippecanoe Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in Tippecanoe Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,079 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Tippecanoe Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 1,184 commuters (the 2% 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.
23% of working residents work in Lafayette
Where Tippecanoe Township clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
Tippecanoe Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tippecanoe Township, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 150. 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 Tippecanoe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Tippecanoe Township commutes
About 25% 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.
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 more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,206 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 Tippecanoe Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tippecanoe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Tippecanoe Township is 3,516th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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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| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,514 | Mart TX | 1,847 | $63K | 14.7% | 8.4% | 7% | C |
| 3,515 | Osseo WI | 1,842 | $60K | 13.1% | 0.8% | 20% | C |
| 3,516 | Tippecanoe Township IN | 2,472 | $61K | 14.5% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,517 | Potosi Township KS | 1,876 | $61K | 6.9% | 5.1% | 14% | C |
| 3,518 | Etna PA | 3,269 | $54K | 17.8% | 8.5% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Tippecanoe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Tippecanoe Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Deer Creek Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tippecanoe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Township | – | C | D | 26 min | $61,438 |
| Deer Creek Township | 3% | C | C+ | 24 min | $61,627 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 23 min | $57,734 |
| Prairie Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $81,731 |
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 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 Tippecanoe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tippecanoe Township?
$61,438 (±$20,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tippecanoe Township?
14.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tippecanoe Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tippecanoe Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (23%, 16 mi), Monticello (10%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tippecanoe Township walkable?
Tippecanoe Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tippecanoe 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 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), 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.