Unemployment in Wood Township (0.1%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. For jobs and income Wood Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 4% work in Wood Township; the top destination outside it is New Albany (15%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wood Township and work: the main findings
Wood Township makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Wood Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wood Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Wood 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 ↓
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.
How Wood Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% 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, Wood Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A place that makes things: 57% of Wood Township’s jobs are in goods
829 jobs are based in Wood Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wood Township, 2013 → 2023: 646 → 829. 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 Wood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wood Township: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wood Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,333 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who works in Wood Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,291 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 777 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Wood Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
Commuting out of Wood Township: the destinations
Where Wood Township clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Wood Township
About 21% 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 Wood Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,440 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). 3.8% of Wood Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Wood Township comes 460th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 458 | Townsend DE | 2,985 | $153K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 459 | River Heights UT | 2,253 | $118K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 460 | Wood Township IN | 2,978 | $87K | 4.4% | 0.1% | 4% | A |
| 461 | Oley Township PA | 3,874 | $91K | 6.7% | 1.1% | 8% | A |
| 462 | Spring Prairie WI | 2,109 | $108K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Wood Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Wood Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Township | – | A | C+ | 35 min | $86,528 |
| Polk Township | under 2% | A− | D | 42 min | $91,439 |
| Carr Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $107,295 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 48 min | $68,482 |
| Greenville Township | under 2% | A | D | 32 min | $121,435 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 28 min | $90,733 |
| Lafayette Township | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $118,380 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wood 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 Wood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wood Township?
$86,528 (±$23,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wood Township?
4.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wood Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wood Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (15%, 11 mi), Jeffersonville (11%, 15 mi), Louisville (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wood Township walkable?
Wood Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wood 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.