Chinworth Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor about two in five of its working residents, Wayne Township is a commute to Warsaw
The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Wayne Township B−; getting around on foot earns it A−. About two in five work in Wayne Township itself; outside it, Warsaw draws the most (42%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wayne Township
42% of Wayne Township works in Warsaw
5,350 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Warsaw, 2 miles away. That’s more than work in Wayne Township itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Wayne Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 61 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.
The four measures behind Wayne Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wayne Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #296 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Wayne Township’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Out of Wayne Township to work: where people go
Where Wayne Township clocks in
42% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Wayne Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 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 13,161 commuters (the 10% 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 many people are in Wayne Township by day
On a workday 7,569 residents head out to work, 5,103 work right here, and 12,260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34,000 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
In Wayne Township, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
17,363 jobs are based in Wayne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 18,982 → 17,363. 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.
How far Wayne Township goes to work
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Wayne Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #83 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Wayne Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,635 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). 4.7% 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.
Wayne Township is 884th of 1,366 U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 24 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 39 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 64 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
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| 882 | Ives Estates FL | 28,506 | $72K | 11.9% | 5.8% | 2% | B− |
| 883 | Collinsville IL | 23,717 | $68K | 12.0% | 4.7% | 10% | B− |
| 884 | Wayne Township IN | 29,702 | $72K | 12.7% | 2.8% | 40% | B− |
| 885 | Wildomar CA | 37,889 | $104K | 10.6% | 7.7% | 5% | B− |
| 886 | Wenatchee WA | 35,547 | $73K | 10.4% | 3.2% | 44% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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.
Next door to Wayne Township
The biggest share goes to Plain Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | B− | A− | 16 min | $71,879 |
| Plain Township | 2% | B− | C− | 18 min | $70,511 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 21 min | $69,410 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 25 min | $74,904 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$71,879 (±$4,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
12.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
40% work in town.
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 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 5% 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.