Hardly anyone in Wills Township is out of work
Jobs and income earn Wills Township A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Only 2% stay in Wills Township for work; outside it, La Porte is the main destination (21%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wills Township and work: the main findings
What’s behind Wills Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wills Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wills Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Wills Township: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wills Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,123 commuters (the 5% 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 Wills Township on a workday
On a workday 758 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 389 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Wills Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Out of Wills Township to work: where people go
Where Wills Township clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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 Wills Township, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
405 jobs are based in Wills Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wills Township, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 405. 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 Wills Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wills 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.
Driving is how Wills Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wills Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,182 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 3.2% of Wills Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Wills Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wills Township is 185th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| 184 | Tremont Township IL | 2,640 | $93K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| 185 | Wills Township IN | 2,111 | $113K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 186 | Troy WI | 2,331 | $106K | 4.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 187 | Wayne WI | 2,292 | $130K | 4.6% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Wills Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Wills Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wills Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wills Township | – | A | C− | 38 min | $113,349 |
| Kankakee Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $109,426 |
| Olive Township | 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $78,964 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $105,121 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Olive Township. Darker towns draw more of Wills 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 Wills Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wills Township?
$113,349 (±$25,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wills Township?
1.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wills Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wills Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Porte (21%, 9 mi), South Bend (8%, 15 mi), Michigan City (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wills Township walkable?
Wills Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wills Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wills Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wills 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.