With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Veale Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Veale Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. Employers in Veale Township report 148 jobs, and 468 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Veale Township itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (28%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Veale Township
Veale Township and Washington trade workers both ways
Washington is the top workplace for Veale Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Veale Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Veale Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Veale Township fell from 359 in 2013 to 148 in 2023, −59%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 468 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Veale Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Veale Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Veale Township’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Veale 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, Veale Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting out of Veale Township: the destinations
Where Veale Township clocks in
28% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Veale Township works in goods: 55% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Veale Township, 2013 → 2023: 359 → 148. 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 Veale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Veale Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Veale Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Veale Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 514 commuters (the 5% 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 it is to work from Veale Township
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Veale Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Veale Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Veale Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 539 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). 3.2% of Veale Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Veale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Veale Township is 845th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 843 | Loda Township IL | 1,388 | $94K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 3% | B |
| 844 | Illiopolis Township IL | 1,198 | $83K | 6.8% | 4.1% | 1% | B |
| 845 | Veale Township IN | 1,140 | $93K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 846 | Moncure NC | 1,039 | $54K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0% | B |
| 847 | Hustisford WI | 1,076 | $72K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Veale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Veale Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Veale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veale Township | – | B | D− | 20 min | $92,708 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | C | D− | 23 min | $87,563 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B− | C | 23 min | $81,522 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 24 min | $63,214 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Washington Township | 7% | C+ | B | 18 min | $58,630 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Veale 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 Veale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Veale Township?
$92,708 (±$27,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Veale Township?
5.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Veale Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Veale Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (28%, 6 mi), Washington Township (7%, 6 mi), Jasper (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Veale Township walkable?
Veale Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Veale Township without a car?
0% 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 Veale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Veale 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.