Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Warren Township are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Warren Township; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (19%, 40 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.5% of residents; Indiana has 12.3%. Jobs and income earn Warren Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warren Township at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Warren Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Warren Township fell from 2,881 in 2013 to 772 in 2023, −73%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Warren Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Warren Township is Indianapolis, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (233) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Warren Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
The figures behind Warren Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Warren Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #126 of 593 in Indiana. Household income holds Warren Township’s grade up ($103,548, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.1%) is left out: Warren 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, Warren Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
71% of the jobs in Warren Township pay over $3,333 a month
772 jobs are based in Warren Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,881 → 772. 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.
How far Warren Township goes to work
About 17% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Warren Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 761 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.
Warren Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,190 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Warren Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Warren Township: the destinations
Where Warren Township clocks in
19% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
Few in Warren Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #423 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 788 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). 0.0% of Warren Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warren Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Warren Township is 927th among 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 925 | Melbourne Beach FL | 3,260 | $103K | 7.1% | 3.1% | 8% | A− |
| 926 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| 927 | Warren Township IN | 3,531 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.1% | 3% | A− |
| 928 | Bowne Township MI | 3,339 | $121K | 0.8% | 8.3% | 4% | A− |
| 929 | Eaton Rapids Township MI | 4,012 | $83K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Warren Township
The biggest share goes to Greencastle Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | – | A− | C | 23 min | $103,548 |
| Cloverdale Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 28 min | $66,277 |
| Greencastle Township | 6% | B− | A | 21 min | $65,078 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A− | D | 38 min | $84,179 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $58,594 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $107,891 |
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?
$103,548 (±$26,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?
5.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (19%, 40 mi), Greencastle (16%, 6 mi), Cloverdale (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren Township walkable?
Warren Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
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.
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.