Alexandria has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 1,067 jobs are based in Alexandria, against 2,135 working residents. Alexandria grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Alexandria at work: what stands out
Alexandria’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Alexandria is Indianapolis, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (338) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Alexandria workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Alexandria workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Alexandria than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Alexandria fell from 1,423 in 2014 to 1,067 in 2024, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Why Alexandria gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alexandria is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #441 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Alexandria’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alexandria could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How far Alexandria goes 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alexandria workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,766 commuters (the 2% 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.
What Alexandria’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexandria, 2014 → 2024: 1,423 → 1,067. 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 Alexandria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Alexandria, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,936 residents head out to work, 199 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Alexandria on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Alexandria clocks in
16% of workers
13% 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.
For most of Alexandria, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alexandria is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #325 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,818 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). 15.2% of Alexandria households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Alexandria’s commuters take a bus or train.
Alexandria next to U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100: 2,443rd of 3,582 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 93 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,441 | Shelby NY | 4,792 | $66K | 12.5% | 4.2% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,442 | Guadalupe AZ | 5,093 | $51K | 27.1% | 4.5% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,443 | Alexandria IN | 5,223 | $64K | 7.8% | 7.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,444 | Bar Harbor ME | 5,352 | $77K | 10.1% | 4.4% | 55% | C+ |
| 2,445 | River Park FL | 5,714 | $55K | 6.7% | 9.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Alexandria, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Alexandria: questions
What is the median household income in Alexandria?
$64,317 (±$10,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexandria?
7.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexandria?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alexandria work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (16%, 42 mi), Anderson (13%, 12 mi), Muncie (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Alexandria walkable?
Alexandria is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alexandria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alexandria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexandria
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.