With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of White River Township works elsewhere
1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 75 jobs are based in White River Township for 645 working residents. White River Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in White River Township: the figures worth knowing
White River Township is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in White River Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday White River Township has about 910 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
White River Township and Princeton trade workers both ways
Princeton is the top workplace for White River Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in White River Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few White River Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 645 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
White River Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, White River Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Household income holds White River Township’s grade up ($63,482, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: White River Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, White River Township could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily flow of workers through White River Township
On a workday 628 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in White River Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
25% of working residents work in Princeton
Where White River Township clocks in
25% of workers
17% of workers
12% 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.
From White River Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White River Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 681 commuters (the 1% 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.
White River Township makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White River Township, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 75. 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 White River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from White River Township
About 18% 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.
Most trips from White River Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White River Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 686 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). 0.8% of White River Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of White River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, White River Township ranks 4,673rd of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 123 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 4,671 | Millington MI | 1,003 | $56K | 18.9% | 5.1% | 4% | C− |
| 4,672 | Boonville NC | 1,203 | $68K | 16.0% | 3.8% | 3% | C− |
| 4,673 | White River Township IN | 1,476 | $63K | 20.8% | 2.0% | 3% | C− |
| 4,674 | Woodstock ME | 1,423 | $63K | 11.5% | 3.2% | 2% | C− |
| 4,675 | Excelsior Township MI | 1,034 | $66K | 12.5% | 9.3% | 1% | C− |
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| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 White River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 19% of White River Township
The biggest share goes to Patoka Township (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White River Township | – | C− | D | 22 min | $63,482 |
| Decker Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Patoka Township | 17% | B− | B+ | 15 min | $65,014 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Johnson Township | under 2% | A− | D | 25 min | $113,674 |
| Patoka | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Montgomery Township | 2% | B | D | 25 min | $68,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Decker Township and Patoka: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washington Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White River 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 White River Township: questions
What is the median household income in White River Township?
$63,482 (±$5,398) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White River Township?
20.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White River Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White River Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (25%, 6 mi), Patoka Township (17%, 6 mi), Evansville (12%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White River Township walkable?
White River Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White River Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White River 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.