Washington Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Washington Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Employers in Washington Township report 49 jobs, and 562 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Washington Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Washington Township
Washington Township is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Washington Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Washington Township has about 780 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Washington Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Washington Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Washington Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Washington Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 562 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Washington Township
On income, poverty and job access, Washington Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Washington Township’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Washington 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, Washington Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How a workday changes Washington Township
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Washington Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
35% of working residents work in Fort Wayne
Where Washington Township clocks in
9% 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Washington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washington Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Washington Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Township, 2014 → 2024: 66 → 49. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Washington Township, by distance
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Washington Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washington Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 2.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 565 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). 2.1% of Washington Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Washington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Washington Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 382nd of 4,866 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 380 | Armada MI | 1,681 | $102K | 6.1% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| 381 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 382 | Washington Township IN | 1,288 | $107K | 3.7% | 4.7% | <1% | A− |
| 383 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| 384 | Recovery Township OH | 1,482 | $107K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Washington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Washington Township
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | – | A− | C− | 32 min | $107,096 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 19 min | $70,071 |
| Cleveland Township | under 2% | C | B− | 25 min | $61,302 |
| Jefferson Township | 4% | A | D | 21 min | $105,481 |
| Clear Creek Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 22 min | $85,461 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Washington 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 2024, 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 Washington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Washington Township?
$107,096 (±$25,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washington Township?
3.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washington Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (35%, 20 mi), Columbia City (9%, 9 mi), Union Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Washington Township walkable?
Washington Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington Township without a car?
2% 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 Washington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washington Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.