Wright Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Wright Township are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 398 jobs are based in Wright Township for 1,481 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wright Township, in a few figures
Many jobs in Wright Township pay little
37% of the jobs based in Wright Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Wright Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wright Township
54% of Wright Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in Wright Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 Wright Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wright Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #550 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Wright Township’s grade up (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wright Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
What Wright Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wright Township, 2013 → 2023: 477 → 398. 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 Wright Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Wright Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wright Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,460 commuters (the 4% 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.
How many people are in Wright Township by day
On a workday 1,321 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Wright Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
10% of working residents work in Linton
Where Wright Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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 commute from Wright Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
Few in Wright Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wright Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #138 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Wright Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,522 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). 5.4% of Wright Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wright Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wright Township next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 3,670th of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,668 | Hartford AL | 2,801 | $56K | 18.7% | 5.5% | 13% | C− |
| 3,669 | Salmon ID | 3,286 | $43K | 15.1% | 3.0% | 51% | C− |
| 3,670 | Wright Township IN | 3,567 | $54K | 8.7% | 6.9% | 11% | C− |
| 3,671 | Canaan NH | 3,833 | $82K | 13.6% | 9.6% | 13% | C− |
| 3,672 | Ester AK | 2,752 | $53K | 11.9% | 5.5% | — | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wright Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Wright Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wright Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Township | – | C− | B+ | 32 min | $54,444 |
| Stockton Township | under 3% | D | B− | 27 min | $47,167 |
| Cass Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 24 min | $61,285 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | D | D | 39 min | $50,288 |
| Smith Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Lewis Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 31 min | $81,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. Smith Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wright 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 Wright Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wright Township?
$54,444 (±$17,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wright Township?
8.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wright Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wright Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Linton (10%, 7 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 71 mi), Terre Haute (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wright Township walkable?
Wright Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wright Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wright Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wright 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.