Most of Wayne Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Indiana 11%). Employers in Wayne Township report 545 jobs for 1,951 working residents. For jobs and income Wayne Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+).
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
Jobs & income in Wayne Township: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Wayne Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily trip from Wayne Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 1,887 commuters (the 3% 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.
In and out of Wayne Township on a workday
On a workday 1,779 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
11% of working residents work in Knox
Where Wayne Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Wayne Township: what the 545 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 652 → 545. 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.
Half of Wayne Township commutes less than 27 miles
About 20% 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: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,946 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%). 0% of Wayne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wayne Township is 2,346th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,344 | Posen IL | 5,405 | $73K | 21.5% | 6.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,345 | Waller TX | 5,380 | $40K | 25.5% | 2.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,346 | Wayne Township IN | 4,603 | $60K | 9.1% | 2.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,347 | Washington Township IN | 3,428 | $51K | 6.6% | 4.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,348 | South Haven MI | 4,002 | $68K | 15.8% | 2.9% | 27% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
How Wayne Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $60,250 |
| Rich Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| California Township | under 3% | C | D− | 28 min | $67,404 |
| Railroad Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $90,000 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rich Grove Township and Jackson 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?
$60,250 (±$7,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
9.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knox (11%, 9 mi), North Judson (7%, 1 mi), Valparaiso (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
0% 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.