Photo: Michaeldavisson · CC BY-SA 4.0Indianapolis draws about half of Avon’s working residents
Avon grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Avon is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. About one in ten stay in Avon for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (46%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Avon: the figures worth knowing
Avon trades workers with the towns around it
Avon has about as many jobs (13,989) as working residents (11,652), but they are mostly different people: 10,599 residents leave for work each day while 12,936 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Avon are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Avon works in Indianapolis
5,368 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 13 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Avon itself. The commute map ↓
Avon has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Avon went from 8,955 in 2013 to 13,989 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Avon
65% of Avon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Avon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Avon are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Avon’s own working residents. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Avon earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avon is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #55 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Avon’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avon could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Avon
On a workday 10,599 residents head out to work, 1,053 work right here, and 12,936 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 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.
Where Avon goes to work
Where Avon clocks in
46% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Avon’s 13,989 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 8,955 → 13,989. 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 Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Avon’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avon workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,148 commuters (the 16% 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.
The commute from Avon, by distance
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.
In Avon, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avon is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #371 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 13,207 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). 4.0% of Avon households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Avon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Avon is 303rd of 1,516 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Vernon Township IN | 20,047 | $108K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Yorkville IL | 26,730 | $109K | 3.3% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| 302 | Somers NY | 21,374 | $170K | 4.2% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| 303 | Avon IN | 25,350 | $98K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| 304 | Affton MO | 19,052 | $80K | 6.6% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| 305 | West Windsor Township NJ | 32,839 | $197K | 8.0% | 3.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Avon, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 11% of Avon’s workers
The biggest share goes to Plainfield (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | – | A | C+ | 23 min | $98,486 |
| Plainfield | 8% | A− | B | 23 min | $87,272 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | A | B− | 24 min | $100,090 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | A | C | 26 min | $103,086 |
| Guilford Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 23 min | $87,691 |
| Brownsburg | 3% | A | C+ | 24 min | $102,235 |
| Center Township | under 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $97,017 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A | D | 31 min | $82,171 |
| Middle Township | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $125,065 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avon’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 Avon: questions
What is the median household income in Avon?
$98,486 (±$7,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avon?
5.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avon work?
9% work in town.
Is Avon walkable?
Avon is more walkable than 35% 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 Avon without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avon
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.