Floral Hall · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Wayne Township are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Wayne Township; the top destination outside it is Portland (34%, 1 miles). 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. For jobs and income Wayne Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wayne Township, in a few figures
Wayne Township makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Wayne Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wayne Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 43%. The jobs ↓
Wayne Township and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Wayne Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Wayne Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Wayne Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. 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.
Jobs & income in Wayne Township: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Wayne Township’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($59,403, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
In Wayne Township, 53% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,664 jobs are based in Wayne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,600 → 4,664. 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.
Commuting out of Wayne Township: the destinations
Where Wayne Township clocks in
34% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 19 minutes each way for Wayne Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 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 3,422 commuters (the 5% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wayne Township
On a workday 2,025 residents head out to work, 1,287 work right here, and 3,377 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,300 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 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.
How far Wayne Township’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
In Wayne Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,600 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). 8.7% of Wayne Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wayne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,365th of 3,069: where Wayne Township ranks among U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,363 | Wetumpka AL | 7,535 | $58K | 9.9% | 8.9% | 16% | C |
| 2,364 | Busti NY | 7,369 | $67K | 14.4% | 5.4% | 14% | C |
| 2,365 | Wayne Township IN | 7,915 | $59K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 39% | C |
| 2,366 | Cambria CA | 5,978 | $99K | 10.5% | 8.3% | 35% | C |
| 2,367 | Worth IL | 10,696 | $56K | 21.1% | 8.5% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,069 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Wayne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Wayne Township
The biggest share goes to Noble Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | C | B+ | 19 min | $59,403 |
| Greene Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Noble Township | 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Pike Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bearcreek Township | under 2% | B | D− | 22 min | $76,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greene Township: not graded. Noble Township and Pike 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?
$59,403 (±$9,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
15.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (34%, 1 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 78 mi), Berne (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% 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. 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.