Eaglefield Place · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Van Buren Township (0.8%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers; Indiana has 11%. Van Buren Township grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in seven work in Van Buren Township; the top destination outside it is Terre Haute (14%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Van Buren Township: the figures worth knowing
Van Buren Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Van Buren Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Van Buren Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Van Buren Township is where the jobs are
Van Buren Township has 3,103 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,000 people are in town, 59% more than the 3,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Van Buren Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Van Buren Township went from 1,799 in 2014 to 3,103 in 2024, +72%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Van Buren Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
75% of the jobs based in Van Buren Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs Van Buren Township residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Van Buren Township. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Van Buren Township’s workers comes from Terre Haute
503 of the people who work in Van Buren Township live in Terre Haute, 18 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Van Buren Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Van Buren Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #230 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Van Buren Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Van Buren Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Goods, not services: 71% of the jobs in Van Buren Township
3,103 jobs are based in Van Buren Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Van Buren Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,799 → 3,103. 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 Van Buren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Van Buren Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,054 residents head out to work, 183 work right here, and 2,920 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Van Buren Township on a workday afternoon, 59% more than live here.
2.5 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.
Commuting in to Van Buren Township: where workers come from
Where Van Buren Township clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Van Buren Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Van Buren Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,511 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 far Van Buren Township goes to work
About 22% 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.
For most of Van Buren Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Van Buren Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #487 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,575 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). 4.0% of Van Buren Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Van Buren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Van Buren Township is 1,634th among 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,632 | Jefferson Township IN | 3,693 | $102K | 11.1% | 4.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,633 | Harrison Township IN | 3,582 | $81K | 9.1% | 3.7% | 8% | B |
| 1,634 | Van Buren Township IN | 3,147 | $70K | 8.8% | 0.8% | 15% | B |
| 1,635 | Pine Grove Township MI | 3,083 | $69K | 7.4% | 2.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,636 | Garfield Township MI | 2,589 | $85K | 7.2% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Van Buren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Van Buren Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Van Buren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Township | – | B | C− | 27 min | $69,536 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Brazil Township | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Dick Johnson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 32 min | $63,295 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | D | 38 min | $84,179 |
| Knightsville | 5% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $95,590 |
| Brazil | 11% | C− | B+ | 34 min | $52,055 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Knightsville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Brazil Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brazil. Darker towns draw more of Van Buren 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 Van Buren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Van Buren Township?
$69,536 (±$8,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Van Buren Township?
8.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Van Buren Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Van Buren Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (14%, 18 mi), Brazil (11%, 4 mi), Greencastle (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Van Buren Township walkable?
Van Buren Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Van Buren Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Van Buren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Van Buren 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.