Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainWork means Lafayette for about half of Americus’ working residents
There are 13 jobs in Americus, against 29 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Americus itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (45%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Americus, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Americus on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.45 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 Americus: the destinations
Where Americus clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Americus: what the 13 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Americus, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 13. 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 Americus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Americus
of Americus workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Americus works
About 31% 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.
Work in the towns next to Americus
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Americus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americus | – | — | — | — | — |
| Tippecanoe Township | under 4% | A− | D | 23 min | $109,652 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Americus’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 Americus: questions
What is the poverty rate in Americus?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Americus work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Americus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 33% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Americus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Americus
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.