Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTipton Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
363 jobs are based in Tipton Township for 1,000 working residents. Jobs and income earn Tipton Township C; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tipton Township, in brief
Tipton Township and Logansport trade workers both ways
Logansport is the top workplace for Tipton Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Tipton Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Tipton Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
Tipton Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Tipton Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Tipton Township’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,875, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Tipton 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, Tipton Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
26% of working residents work in Logansport
Where Tipton Township clocks in
26% of workers
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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Tipton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tipton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 784 commuters (the 4% 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 people are in Tipton Township by day
On a workday 974 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Tipton Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Tipton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tipton Township, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 363. 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 Tipton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Tipton Township
About 20% 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.
Few in Tipton Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tipton Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% 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 818 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). 3.1% of Tipton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Tipton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tipton Township ranks: 3,500th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
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| 64 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 176 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,498 | Caldwell OH | 1,866 | $51K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 15% | C |
| 3,499 | North York PA | 2,248 | $64K | 21.2% | 13.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,500 | Tipton Township IN | 2,374 | $57K | 12.1% | 3.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,501 | Platte Township NE | 2,209 | $57K | 18.0% | 2.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,502 | Vander NC | 1,922 | $67K | 23.4% | 4.9% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 Tipton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Tipton Township
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tipton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton Township | – | C | C | 20 min | $56,875 |
| Miami Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,179 |
| Washington Township | 3% | C− | C | 18 min | $63,958 |
| Pipe Creek Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 24 min | $61,313 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $68,143 |
| Peru Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peru Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tipton 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 Tipton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tipton Township?
$56,875 (±$12,851) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tipton Township?
12.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tipton Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tipton Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logansport (26%, 7 mi), Kokomo (10%, 17 mi), Clinton Township (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tipton Township walkable?
Tipton Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tipton Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tipton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tipton 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.