Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Tobin Township has 3.1 jobs per working resident, and 926 people come in to work
Only 5% work in Tobin Township; the top destination outside it is Tell City (21%, 8 miles). 940 jobs are based in Tobin Township, against 304 working residents. The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Tobin Township
Tobin Township makes and builds things
97% of the jobs based in Tobin Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tobin Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Tobin Township has far more jobs than workers
Tobin Township has 940 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, 93% more than the 690 who live here. Day and night ↓
Tobin Township and Tell City trade workers both ways
Tell City is the top workplace for Tobin Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Tobin Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 97% of the jobs in Tobin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tobin Township, 2013 → 2023: 953 → 940. 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 Tobin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Tobin Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 290 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Tobin Township on a workday afternoon, 93% more 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 towns that send workers to Tobin Township
Where Tobin Township clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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.
Tobin Township’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tobin Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 132 commuters (the 16% 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.
Where in the region Tobin Township works
About 28% 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.
The towns around Tobin Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tobin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Township | – | — | — | 34 min | $67,727 |
| Troy Township | 5% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $55,526 |
| Union Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Anderson Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 19 min | $90,208 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Troy Township. Darker towns draw more of Tobin 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 Tobin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tobin Township?
$67,727 (±$58,208) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tobin Township?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tobin Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tobin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tell City (21%, 8 mi), Oil Township (6%, 17 mi), Evansville (5%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tobin 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 Tobin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tobin 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.