Photo: Momoneymoproblemz · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Indianapolis for more than half of Warren Township’s working residents
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 14.7 in Center Township. Warren Township grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Warren Township is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Warren Township: the gist
More than half of Warren Township works in Indianapolis
28,462 working residents, 62%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 6.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Warren Township itself. The commute map ↓
Warren Township trades workers with the towns around it
Warren Township has about as many jobs (51,211) as working residents (45,827), but they are mostly different people: 39,439 residents leave for work each day while 44,823 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Warren Township are held by people who 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.
Why Warren Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warren Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #450 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Warren Township’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren Township could be anywhere from C to C+.
62% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Warren Township clocks in
62% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
A workday in Warren Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 39,439 residents head out to work, 6,388 work right here, and 44,823 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Warren Township: what the 51,211 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 50,810 → 51,211. 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.
Getting to work from Warren Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43,227 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Warren Township works
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Warren Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #60 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 49,504 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.9% of Warren Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Warren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Ranked on jobs and income, Warren Township is 340th among 403 U.S. towns of 75,000 to 146,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 4 | Fall Creek Township IN | 75,188 | $146K | 3.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 7 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 338 | Portsmouth VA | 96,777 | $60K | 17.3% | 6.6% | 17% | C |
| 339 | Lehigh Acres FL | 132,353 | $67K | 17.1% | 4.5% | 9% | C |
| 340 | Warren Township IN | 107,778 | $59K | 17.2% | 6.9% | 14% | C |
| 341 | Temple TX | 98,412 | $68K | 16.0% | 6.6% | 43% | C |
| 342 | Hammond IN | 75,712 | $56K | 19.1% | 6.5% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Warren Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
63% of Warren Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Indianapolis (62%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | – | C | A− | 25 min | $58,962 |
| Franklin Township | under 1% | A− | C | 26 min | $97,383 |
| Indianapolis | 62% | B− | A− | 25 min | $66,307 |
| Center Township | under 1% | C | A+ | 24 min | $55,129 |
| Lawrence Township | under 1% | B− | B | 26 min | $72,081 |
| Sugar Creek Township | under 1% | A | C | 29 min | $100,714 |
| Buck Creek Township | 1% | A | C− | 29 min | $111,224 |
| Perry Township | under 1% | B | B+ | 25 min | $66,897 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warren 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 Warren Township: questions
What is the median household income in Warren Township?
$58,962 (±$2,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?
17.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (62%, 7 mi), Carmel (4%, 15 mi), Fishers (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren Township walkable?
Warren Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren 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.