Photo: Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 3.0 jobs in Utica Township for every working resident, and 13,984 people commute in
Employers in Utica Township report 14,527 jobs, against 4,782 working residents. Jobs and income earn Utica Township A; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Utica Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Utica Township, in brief
Utica Township fills up on a workday
Utica Township has 14,527 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, more than double the 9,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
53% of the jobs in Utica Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Utica Township and Jeffersonville trade workers both ways
Jeffersonville is the top workplace for Utica Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Utica Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Utica Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Utica Township went from 8,779 in 2014 to 14,527 in 2024, +65%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Utica Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Utica Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #41 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Utica Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Utica Township’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 4,239 residents head out to work and 543 work right here.
About 19,000 people are in Utica Township on a workday afternoon, 105% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What Utica Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Utica Township, 2014 → 2024: 8,779 → 14,527. 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 Utica Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Utica Township
Where Utica Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
Getting to work from Utica Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Utica Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,053 commuters (the 17% 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 far Utica Township’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Utica Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Utica Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #412 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,865 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.1% of Utica Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Utica Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Utica Township is 382nd among 2,841 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 76 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 158 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 180 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 380 | Fort Meade MD | 11,225 | $103K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| 381 | Emerson NJ | 7,371 | $156K | 3.1% | 5.6% | 4% | A |
| 382 | Utica Township IN | 9,258 | $103K | 4.0% | 3.2% | 11% | A |
| 383 | Williston VT | 9,975 | $107K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 17% | A |
| 384 | Tellico Village TN | 7,414 | $107K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Utica Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 31% of Utica Township
The biggest share goes to Jeffersonville (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Utica Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utica Township | – | A | C | 21 min | $102,897 |
| Charlestown Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $92,021 |
| Jeffersonville | 21% | B | A− | 20 min | $70,930 |
| Silver Creek Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 20 min | $75,732 |
| Jeffersonville Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 19 min | $62,247 |
| Utica | under 2% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $84,886 |
| Charlestown | under 2% | B | B− | 24 min | $77,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Utica 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 Utica Township: questions
What is the median household income in Utica Township?
$102,897 (±$16,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Utica Township?
4.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Utica Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Utica Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jeffersonville (21%, 2 mi), New Albany (10%, 8 mi), Louisville (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Utica Township walkable?
Utica Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Utica Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Utica Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Utica 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.