Ardmore’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. 14.6% of residents are in poverty, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. The two grades for Ardmore are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ardmore at work: what stands out
Ardmore and South Bend trade workers both ways
South Bend is the top workplace for Ardmore residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Ardmore come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ardmore is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Ardmore, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ardmore has about 1,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Ardmore are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana 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; with 725 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Ardmore’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Ardmore is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Ardmore’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,069, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Ardmore’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ardmore could be anywhere from C− to B.
35% of working residents work in South Bend
Where Ardmore clocks in
35% of workers
12% 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.
Who works in Ardmore, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 722 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Ardmore on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Ardmore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ardmore workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 817 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.
Jobs in Ardmore: what the 100 are
100 jobs are based in Ardmore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ardmore, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 100. 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 Ardmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Ardmore commutes less than 7 miles
About 16% 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 Ardmore gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ardmore is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 853 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). 3.3% of Ardmore households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ardmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400, Ardmore comes 3,049th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,047 | Morris NY | 1,720 | $76K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 7% | C |
| 3,048 | Florence Township OH | 1,925 | $75K | 13.4% | 3.0% | 11% | C |
| 3,049 | Ardmore IN | 1,810 | $47K | 14.6% | 3.7% | <1% | C |
| 3,050 | Merlin OR | 1,617 | $72K | 8.8% | 1.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,051 | Luna Pier MI | 1,351 | $62K | 26.0% | 3.8% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Ardmore, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 35% of Ardmore’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ardmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore | – | C | B− | 18 min | $47,069 |
| South Bend | 35% | C | A− | 20 min | $55,786 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to South Bend. Darker towns draw more of Ardmore’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 Ardmore: questions
What is the median household income in Ardmore?
$47,069 (±$9,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ardmore?
14.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ardmore?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ardmore work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (35%, 3 mi), Mishawaka (12%, 8 mi), Elkhart (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ardmore walkable?
Ardmore is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ardmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ardmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ardmore
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.