With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Van Buren Township works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns. Employers in Van Buren Township report 397 jobs for 1,518 working residents. Van Buren Township grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Van Buren Township apart on work
Young people hold many of the jobs here
50% of the jobs based in Van Buren Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 33% of Van Buren Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Van Buren Township makes and builds things
63% 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 54%. The jobs ↓
Van Buren Township is a place people come home to
There are 397 jobs based in Van Buren Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Van Buren Township has about 3,200 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Van Buren Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Van Buren Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Van Buren Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #48 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). 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, Van Buren Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A place that makes things: 63% of Van Buren Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Van Buren Township, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 397. 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 Van Buren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Van Buren Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,421 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Van Buren Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 daily trip from Van Buren Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 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 1,241 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.
10% of working residents work in Middlebury
Where Van Buren Township clocks in
Lines 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.
How far it is to work from Van Buren Township
About 15% 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.
Van Buren Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Van Buren Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #326 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,495 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). 36.4% of Van Buren Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Van Buren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Van Buren Township is 398th among 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 90 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 396 | Rochester IL | 4,093 | $117K | 2.5% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 397 | Clarks Summit PA | 5,069 | $92K | 4.6% | 1.0% | 7% | A |
| 398 | Van Buren Township IN | 4,320 | $100K | 0.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A |
| 399 | Cedar Lake Township MN | 3,080 | $174K | 2.9% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| 400 | Sugar Creek WI | 3,888 | $102K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
20% of Van Buren Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to York Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Van Buren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Township | – | A | C+ | 18 min | $100,385 |
| Clay Township | 3% | A | A− | 16 min | $100,648 |
| York Township | 10% | B+ | C+ | 18 min | $79,191 |
| Newbury Township | 7% | A | B+ | 20 min | $88,633 |
| Lima Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 20 min | $74,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Van Buren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Van Buren Township?
$100,385 (±$15,379) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Van Buren Township?
0.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Van Buren Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Van Buren Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlebury (10%, 8 mi), York Township (10%, 8 mi), Shipshewana (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Van Buren Township walkable?
Van Buren Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Van Buren Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 36% 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), 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.