Kixmiller's Store · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWidner Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 3% work in Widner Township; the top destination outside it is Vincennes (18%, 16 miles). Widner Township has 124 jobs, and 436 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Widner Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Widner Township
Widner Township is a place people come home to
There are 124 jobs based in Widner Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Widner Township has about 780 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Widner Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 436 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Widner Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Widner Township’s grade up ($70,236, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Widner Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Widner Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Widner Township
On a workday 425 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Widner Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting from Widner Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Widner Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where Widner Township goes to work
Where Widner Township clocks in
18% of workers
6% 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.
In Widner Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Widner Township, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 124. 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 Widner Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Widner Township goes to work
About 19% 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.
The commute in Widner Township is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 451 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). 1.9% of Widner Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Widner Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Widner Township places 2,419th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
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| 2,417 | Melcher-Dallas IA | 1,196 | $59K | 13.6% | 5.0% | 5% | C− |
| 2,418 | Grand Marais MN | 1,290 | $71K | 10.1% | 0.9% | 51% | C− |
| 2,419 | Widner Township IN | 1,088 | $70K | 12.3% | 2.4% | 3% | C− |
| 2,420 | McKinley Heights OH | 1,366 | $39K | 19.6% | 16.8% | 1% | C− |
| 2,421 | Assumption IL | 1,112 | $58K | 11.7% | 9.2% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Widner Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
11% of Widner Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Busseron Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Widner Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widner Township | – | C− | D− | 26 min | $70,236 |
| Busseron Township | 5% | D | C+ | 21 min | $45,521 |
| Vigo Township | 3% | B− | C | 27 min | $59,120 |
| Washington Township | 3% | C | B− | 24 min | $51,786 |
| Haddon Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $62,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Widner 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 Widner Township: questions
What is the median household income in Widner Township?
$70,236 (±$19,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Widner Township?
12.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Widner Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Widner Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (18%, 16 mi), Washington (6%, 17 mi), Bicknell (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Widner Township walkable?
Widner Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Widner Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Widner Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Widner 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.