Grouping of Religious Buildings at Trinity · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWabash Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
76 jobs are based in Wabash Township; 190 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Wabash Township for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (25%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Wabash Township by day
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Wabash Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where Wabash Township goes to work
Where Wabash Township clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
What Wabash Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wabash Township, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 76. 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 Wabash Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Wabash Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 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 105 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Wabash Township
About 25% 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.
Wabash Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wabash Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $39,423 |
| Jefferson Township | under 4% | D− | C | 32 min | $46,645 |
| Noble Township | under 4% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Bearcreek Township | under 4% | B | D− | 22 min | $76,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Noble Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 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 Wabash Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wabash Township?
$39,423 (±$26,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wabash Township?
0.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wabash Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wabash Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (25%, 10 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 86 mi), Berne (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wabash Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% 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), 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.