Ceylon Covered Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWabash Township’s household incomes are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Wabash Township; the top destination outside it is Berne (28%, 4 miles). 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. Wabash Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wabash Township stands out on work
Income, poverty and work: Wabash Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wabash Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #417 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Wabash Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,250, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wabash Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Commuting out of Wabash Township: the destinations
Where Wabash Township clocks in
28% of workers
7% 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.
Who commutes out of Wabash Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,756 residents head out to work, 392 work right here, and 1,088 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Wabash Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
A place that makes things: 31% of Wabash Township’s jobs are in goods
1,480 jobs are based in Wabash Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabash Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,271 → 1,480. 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 Wabash Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Wabash Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wabash Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,387 commuters (the 8% 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.
The distance from Wabash Township to work
About 24% 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.
Driving is how Wabash Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wabash Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #199 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,596 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). 20.4% of Wabash Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wabash Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wabash Township next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000: 2,141st of 3,201 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 72 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 115 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 163 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,139 | Robinson IL | 7,283 | $74K | 9.6% | 4.5% | 43% | C+ |
| 2,140 | Windom MN | 4,817 | $75K | 14.3% | 2.9% | 36% | C+ |
| 2,141 | Wabash Township IN | 6,698 | $61K | 10.0% | 3.5% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,142 | Butner NC | 8,112 | $75K | 15.0% | 5.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,143 | Manheim PA | 4,977 | $81K | 16.2% | 9.0% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | 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 Wabash Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Wabash Township
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wabash Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Township | – | C+ | B | 27 min | $61,250 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | D− | C | 32 min | $46,645 |
| Hartford Township | under 2% | D | D− | — | $59,848 |
| Bearcreek Township | under 2% | B | D− | 22 min | $76,750 |
| Monroe Township | 4% | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $73,894 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wabash 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 Wabash Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wabash Township?
$61,250 (±$13,805) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabash Township?
10.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wabash Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wabash Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berne (28%, 4 mi), Decatur (7%, 15 mi), Fort Wayne (7%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wabash Township walkable?
Wabash Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wabash Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wabash Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wabash 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.