Ward Township District No. 5 School · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Ward Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Employers in Ward Township report 140 jobs for 450 working residents. Ward Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ward Township and work: the main findings
Commutes from Ward Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Ward Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 450 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Ward Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Ward Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ward Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Ward Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ward Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Ward Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ward Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 407 commuters (the 1% 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.
In and out of Ward Township on a workday
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Ward 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 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Winchester
Where Ward Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Ward Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ward Township, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 140. 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 Ward Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Ward Township works
About 26% 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.
In Ward Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ward Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ward 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 413 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). 2.3% of Ward Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ward Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ward Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 1,484th of 3,133 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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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 1,482 | Leesburg OH | 1,280 | $77K | 10.0% | 1.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,483 | Green Township IN | 1,308 | $72K | 11.8% | 1.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,484 | Ward Township IN | 1,033 | $73K | 9.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,485 | Coitsville Township OH | 1,234 | $59K | 13.9% | 9.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,486 | Asylum Township PA | 1,000 | $73K | 7.7% | 0.4% | 2% | C+ |
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| 3,133 | 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 Ward Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Ward Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ward Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Township | – | C+ | D− | 19 min | $72,841 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | D | C | 24 min | $39,097 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Pike Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| White River Township | 2% | C− | B− | 18 min | $59,461 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Pike Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to White River Township. Darker towns draw more of Ward 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 Ward Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ward Township?
$72,841 (±$9,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ward Township?
9.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ward Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ward Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (18%, 6 mi), Union City (11%, 9 mi), Richmond (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ward Township walkable?
Ward Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ward 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 Ward Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ward 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.