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Jobs & commute in Warren Township

Warren Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

1% of workers work from home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Employers in Warren Township report 7 jobs, and 336 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Warren Township itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (23%, 18 miles).

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

What stands out · In brief

Work in Warren Township: the figures worth knowing

Warren Township is a place people come home to

There are 7 jobs based in Warren Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warren Township has about 380 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Few Warren Township workers work from home

Only 1% 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 336 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

A workday in Warren Township: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

335live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night710
Workday380
710live here− 340head out to work+ 6come in to work= 380on a workday

About 380 people are in Warren Township on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs 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.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes to work from Warren Township

A year of commuting
214 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Warren Township28 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
1%

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
87%Drive alone
5%Carpool
8%Walk

Share of the 279 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.

The commute map

Where Warren Township goes to work

Pine VillageWilliamsport: 7 residents work here (2%)Attica: 28 residents work here (8%)West Lafayette: 30 residents work here (9%)Kokomo: 6 residents work here (2%)Lafayette: 76 residents work here (23%)Shadeland: 7 residents work here (2%)Oak Grove TownshipLogan TownshipPike Township: 6 residents work here (2%)Warren TownshipWashington TownshipDavis TownshipWashington TownshipAdams TownshipLiberty TownshipMound Township: 8 residents work here (2%)Medina TownshipPine TownshipShelby TownshipWabash Township: 7 residents work here (2%)Indianapolis: 18 residents work here (5%)IndependenceLafayetteWest LafayetteAtticaIndianapolisMound TownshipWilliamsportWarren Township
1
Lafayette17.5 mi away
23%76
2
West Lafayette15.4 mi away
9%30
3
Attica5.2 mi away
8%28
4
Indianapolis67.8 mi away
5%18
5
Mound Township19.8 mi away
2%8
6
Williamsport6.9 mi away
2%7
7
Shadeland11.8 mi away
2%7
8
Wabash Township15.1 mi away
2%7
9
Kokomo56.4 mi away
2%6
10
Pike Township12.3 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%143
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.

The jobs

Warren Township works in goods: 71% of its jobs

Jobs based in Warren TownshipJobs Warren Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms71%32%
Trade, transport & utilities29%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%24%
Over $3,333 a month43%60%

Who does it

29 or younger29%20%
30 to 5414%50%
55 and older57%30%
+250%

Jobs based in Warren Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 7. 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

Short hops and long hauls from Warren Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLafayette: 23% · 17.5 miWest Lafayette: 9% · 15.4 miAttica: 8% · 5.2 miIndianapolis: 5% · 67.8 miMound Township: 2% · 19.8 miWilliamsport: 2% · 6.9 miShadeland: 2% · 11.8 miWabash Township: 2% · 15.1 miKokomo: 2% · 56.4 miPike Township: 2% · 12.3 miLafayette 23%West Lafayette 9%Attica 8%Indianapolis 5%Mound Township 2%Warren Township
Warren TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi59 residents
48%10–24 mi160 residents
7%25–50 mi23 residents
28%Over 50 mi93 residents

About 28% 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.

Next door

The towns around Warren Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Shelby Township21 min
Washington Township22 min
Logan Township25 min
Adams Township25 min
Liberty Township27 min
Warren Township28 min
Medina Township29 min
Davis Township29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWarren Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Warren Township–——28 min$66,193
Davis Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Logan Townshipunder 2%CB25 min$68,444
Liberty Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
Medina Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Washington Townshipunder 2%B−C22 min$68,966
Adams Townshipunder 2%——25 min—
Shelby Townshipunder 2%AD21 min$94,688

Same-state neighbors only. Davis Township, Liberty Township and Adams Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Medina Township: not graded. 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.

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 median household income in Warren Township?

$66,193 (±$14,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Warren Township?

13.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Warren Township?

28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Warren Township work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (23%, 18 mi), West Lafayette (9%, 15 mi), Attica (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Warren Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.

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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.