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Warren Township, Clinton County, IndianaPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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Jobs & commute in Warren Township

Warren Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%. 60 jobs are based in Warren Township for 240 working residents. Hardly any work in Warren Township; the top destination outside it is Frankfort (28%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

The work figures that set Warren Township apart

Warren Township and Frankfort trade workers both ways

Frankfort is the top workplace for Warren Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Warren Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Warren Township is a place people come home to

There are 60 jobs based in Warren Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warren Township has about 420 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · The commute map

Where the trip to work from Warren Township ends

KirklinMulberry: 3 residents work here (1%)Frankfort: 66 residents work here (28%)CrawfordsvilleLogansportWest Lafayette: 7 residents work here (3%)Whitestown: 3 residents work here (1%)Lebanon: 8 residents work here (3%)FishersNoblesvilleLafayette: 41 residents work here (17%)Carmel: 8 residents work here (3%)Union TownshipBurlington TownshipWarren TownshipMichigan Township: 7 residents work here (3%)Ross Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Forest TownshipOwen TownshipIndianapolis: 23 residents work here (10%)FrankfortLafayetteIndianapolisLebanonCarmelWest LafayetteWarren Township
1
Frankfort10.4 mi away
28%66
2
Lafayette23.7 mi away
17%41
3
Indianapolis44.9 mi away
10%23
4
Lebanon24.9 mi away
3%8
5
Carmel32.8 mi away
3%8
6
West Lafayette27.1 mi away
3%7
73%7
8
Ross Township10.8 mi away
2%5
9
Mulberry13.8 mi away
1%3
10
Whitestown29.4 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%69
The top trips

Where Warren Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Day and night

Who commutes out of Warren Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 240 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.

240live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
60work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night600
Workday420
600live here− 240head out to work+ 60come in to work= 420on a workday

About 420 people are in Warren Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 40% of Warren Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Warren TownshipJobs Warren Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%29%
Trade, transport & utilities27%20%
Services: health, schools, offices33%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less3%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%23%
Over $3,333 a month67%60%

Who does it

29 or younger13%27%
30 to 5460%48%
55 and older27%25%
+46%

Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 60. 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 Warren Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Warren Township

Working from home
3%

of Warren Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Warren Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
9%Carpool

Share of the 223 commuters (the 3% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Warren Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miFrankfort: 28% · 10.4 miLafayette: 17% · 23.7 miIndianapolis: 10% · 44.9 miLebanon: 3% · 24.9 miCarmel: 3% · 32.8 miWest Lafayette: 3% · 27.1 miMichigan Township: 3% · 5.7 miRoss Township: 2% · 10.8 miMulberry: 1% · 13.8 miWhitestown: 1% · 29.4 miFrankfort 28%Lafayette 17%Indianapolis 10%Lebanon 3%Carmel 3%Warren Township
Warren TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi48 residents
39%10–24 mi94 residents
28%25–50 mi66 residents
13%Over 50 mi32 residents

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.

Next door

How Warren Township compares with the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Michigan Township23 min
Owen Township25 min
Forest Township27 min
Burlington Township27 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWarren Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Warren Township–————
Michigan Township3%CC−23 min$50,875
Burlington Townshipunder 2%CD27 min$86,544
Forest Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
Owen Townshipunder 2%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Forest Township and Owen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Michigan Township. Darker towns draw more of Warren Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Warren Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?

24.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Warren Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankfort (28%, 10 mi), Lafayette (17%, 24 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Warren Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Warren Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Warren Township

Warren Township home →

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.