Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 3.0Winfield Township’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
4.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Indiana has 12.3%. For jobs and income Winfield Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). Only 4% work in Winfield Township itself; outside it, Crown Point draws the most (13%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Winfield Township, in a few figures
Winfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Winfield Township
68% of Winfield Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Winfield Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Winfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,608 jobs based in Winfield Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winfield Township has about 10,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Winfield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Winfield Township went from 1,183 in 2014 to 1,608 in 2024, +36%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Winfield Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Winfield Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Winfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($133,448, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winfield Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Commuting from Winfield Township: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,005 commuters (the 14% 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.
Winfield Township is a services town
1,608 jobs are based in Winfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,183 → 1,608. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Winfield Township
On a workday 6,223 residents head out to work, 265 work right here, and 1,343 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Winfield Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.25 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Winfield Township’s residents
Where Winfield Township clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
The distance from Winfield Township to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Winfield Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,970 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.4% of Winfield Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Winfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Winfield Township is 545th of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 54 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 96 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 107 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 543 | Fair Oaks Ranch TX | 12,025 | $174K | 2.4% | 5.8% | 2% | A |
| 544 | Pleasant View UT | 11,423 | $129K | 2.4% | 4.0% | 6% | A |
| 545 | Winfield Township IN | 14,879 | $133K | 4.7% | 3.5% | 4% | A |
| 546 | Delran Township NJ | 18,909 | $107K | 3.5% | 5.2% | 7% | A |
| 547 | Gig Harbor WA | 12,630 | $118K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Winfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Winfield Township and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Merrillville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Township | – | A | C | 35 min | $133,448 |
| Center Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 30 min | $102,336 |
| Porter Township | under 3% | A | D− | 40 min | $123,075 |
| Winfield | 3% | A | C− | 37 min | $135,870 |
| Eagle Creek Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 31 min | $99,663 |
| Boone Township | under 3% | B | C− | 36 min | $74,631 |
| Merrillville | 9% | C+ | B+ | 32 min | $67,587 |
| Ross Township | under 3% | B− | B+ | 32 min | $72,416 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winfield 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 2024, 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 Winfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield Township?
$133,448 (±$9,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield Township?
4.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crown Point (13%, 5 mi), Merrillville (9%, 7 mi), Chicago (8%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Winfield Township walkable?
Winfield Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.