For more than half of its working residents, Wea Township is a commute to Lafayette
About one in ten stay in Wea Township for work; outside it, Lafayette is the main destination (54%, 4 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. Measured by household income, Wea Township is behind 60% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wea Township at work: what stands out
More than half of Wea Township works in Lafayette
8,785 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Lafayette, 3.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in Wea Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Wea Township residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Wea Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 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.
What’s behind Wea Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wea Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #284 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Wea Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.8%, 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, Wea Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Out of Wea Township to work: where people go
Where Wea Township clocks in
12% 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.
Miles to work from Wea Township
About 17% 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Wea Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wea Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,617 commuters (the 8% 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 Wea Township by day
On a workday 14,942 residents head out to work, 1,416 work right here, and 7,178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27,000 people are in Wea Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 kinds of work in Wea Township
8,594 jobs are based in Wea Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wea Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,451 → 8,594. 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 Wea Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Wea Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wea Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #266 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 18,067 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 65% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Wea Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wea Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,287 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 47,000, Wea Township comes 825th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 21 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 38 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 65 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
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| 823 | Plant City FL | 44,118 | $67K | 15.0% | 2.9% | 15% | B |
| 824 | Kearny NJ | 40,862 | $79K | 12.5% | 6.6% | 9% | B |
| 825 | Wea Township IN | 34,791 | $69K | 12.8% | 2.9% | 9% | B |
| 826 | Duncanville TX | 38,915 | $76K | 10.6% | 7.1% | 6% | B− |
| 827 | South Salt Lake UT | 26,934 | $72K | 15.8% | 4.3% | 7% | B− |
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| 1,287 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Wea Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Wea Township and its neighbors: 55% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wea Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wea Township | – | B | B− | 18 min | $69,142 |
| Shadeland | 1% | B− | D | 17 min | $82,708 |
| Union Township | under 1% | B− | D | 17 min | $82,708 |
| Fairfield Township | under 1% | C+ | A | 17 min | $54,354 |
| Sheffield Township | under 1% | B | D | 20 min | $81,346 |
| Lafayette | 54% | C+ | A | 16 min | $53,716 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lafayette. Darker towns draw more of Wea 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 Wea Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wea Township?
$69,142 (±$5,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wea Township?
12.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wea Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wea Township work?
9% work in town.
Is Wea Township walkable?
Wea Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wea Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wea Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wea 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.