Most of Wayne Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
19% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Wayne Township has 19 jobs; 196 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Wayne Township itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (13%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wayne Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wayne Township’s residents
Where Wayne Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 58% of the jobs in Wayne Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 19. 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 Wayne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wayne Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 249 commuters (the 19% 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 Wayne Township goes to work
About 26% 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.
10% of Wayne Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Union Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $76,029 |
| Union Township | 5% | D | D | 26 min | $44,135 |
| Liberty Township | 5% | D− | D− | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Van Buren Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bethlehem Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Van Buren Township, Bethlehem Township and Harrison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wayne 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 Wayne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne Township?
$76,029 (±$17,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
0.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (13%, 13 mi), Winamac (10%, 13 mi), Kewanna (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wayne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne 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.