Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Avilla (2.9%) is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
Only 7% stay in Avilla for work; outside it, Fort Wayne is the main destination (26%, 20 miles). For jobs and income Avilla is better than 73% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Avilla apart
Avilla makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Avilla are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Avilla residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Avilla and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Avilla residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Avilla come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Avilla pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Avilla pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
What’s behind Avilla’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,880, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avilla could be anywhere from B− to A.
In Avilla, 72% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,510 jobs are based in Avilla.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avilla, 2013 → 2023: 1,680 → 1,510. 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 Avilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Avilla’s residents
Where Avilla clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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 Avilla, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,068 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 1,427 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Avilla on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avilla workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,346 commuters (the 5% 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 miles Avilla commutes
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.
Getting around Avilla: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,420 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). 3.2% of Avilla households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Avilla’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400, Avilla ranks 1,150th of 5,401 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 188 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,148 | Wilton IA | 2,892 | $77K | 8.9% | 0.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,149 | Rome IL | 1,947 | $89K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,150 | Avilla IN | 2,487 | $79K | 5.8% | 2.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,151 | Blissfield MI | 3,262 | $62K | 2.3% | 2.6% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,152 | Upper Nyack NY | 2,087 | $188K | 10.4% | 6.8% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Avilla, 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 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 Avilla: questions
What is the median household income in Avilla?
$78,880 (±$11,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avilla?
5.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avilla?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avilla work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (26%, 20 mi), Kendallville (9%, 6 mi), Auburn (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avilla walkable?
Avilla is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avilla 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 Avilla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avilla
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.