With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnut Township works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Walnut Township; the top destination outside it is Crawfordsville (16%, 8 miles). Walnut Township has 137 jobs for 548 working residents. For jobs and income Walnut Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Walnut Township stands out on work
Walnut Township and Crawfordsville trade workers both ways
Crawfordsville is the top workplace for Walnut Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Walnut Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Walnut Township is a place people come home to
There are 137 jobs based in Walnut Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Township has about 960 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Walnut Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Walnut Township’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Walnut 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, Walnut Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The places Walnut Township commutes to
Where Walnut Township clocks in
16% of workers
11% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Walnut Township
On a workday 536 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Walnut Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Walnut Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Township, 2014 → 2024: 57 → 137. 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 Walnut Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Walnut Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 15% 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 Walnut Township to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walnut Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 567 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). 2.5% of Walnut Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walnut Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Walnut Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800: 1,064th of 5,400 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,062 | Haubstadt IN | 1,610 | $75K | 4.9% | 0.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,063 | St. Francis Township IL | 1,164 | $82K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Walnut Township IN | 1,369 | $79K | 4.5% | 9.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Bethany Township MI | 1,291 | $80K | 3.8% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,066 | Rolling WI | 1,449 | $95K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Walnut Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Walnut Township
The biggest share goes to Union Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Township | – | B+ | C− | 24 min | $78,750 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 22 min | $85,022 |
| Clark Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 27 min | $77,361 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 28 min | $75,729 |
| Union Township | 7% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $63,529 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walnut 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 Walnut Township: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Township?
$78,750 (±$37,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Township?
4.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crawfordsville (16%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (11%, 36 mi), Union Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Walnut Township walkable?
Walnut Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut 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.