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Jobs & commute in Azalia

Work means Columbus for about two in five of Azalia’s working residents

Hardly any stay in Azalia for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (42%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. The Census job records count 19 working residents of Azalia and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
40.5%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 19 working residents
Work from home
0%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Azalia by day and by night

On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

19live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night37
Workday18
37live here− 19head out to work+ 0come in to work= 18on a workday

About 18 people are in Azalia on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Azalia: the destinations

Bloomingdale: 1 residents work here (5%)Seymour: 1 residents work here (5%)Marion: 1 residents work here (5%)Columbus: 8 residents work here (42%)Carmel: 1 residents work here (5%)Columbus: 1 residents work here (5%)Franklin: 1 residents work here (5%)Redding Township: 1 residents work here (5%)Monroe Township: 1 residents work here (5%)Rock Creek Township: 1 residents work here (5%)AzaliaColumbusBloomingdaleSeymourMarionCarmelColumbusAzalia
1
Columbus8.9 mi away
42%8
2
Bloomingdale90.7 mi away
5%1
3
Seymour10.4 mi away
5%1
4
Marion101.2 mi away
5%1
5
Carmel62.5 mi away
5%1
6
Columbus, OH164.4 mi away
5%1
7
Franklin, TN226.4 mi away
5%1
8
Redding Township5 mi away
5%1
9
Monroe Township81.7 mi away
5%1
10
Rock Creek Township7 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
11%2
The top trips

Where Azalia clocks in

42% of workers
8.9 mi awayColumbus8 Azalia residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
90.7 mi awayBloomingdale1 Azalia residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
10.4 mi awaySeymour1 Azalia residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Azalia

Working from home
0%

of Azalia workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Azalia gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 13 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Azalia

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miColumbus: 42% · 8.9 miBloomingdale: 5% · 90.7 miSeymour: 5% · 10.4 miMarion: 5% · 101.2 miCarmel: 5% · 62.5 miColumbus: 5% · 164.4 miFranklin: 5% · 226.4 miRedding Township: 5% · 5 miMonroe Township: 5% · 81.7 miRock Creek Township: 5% · 7 miColumbus 42%Bloomingdale 5%Seymour 5%Marion 5%Carmel 5%Azalia
AzaliaTop destinations (size = commuters)
58%Under 10 mi11 residents
5%10–24 mi1 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
37%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 37% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Azalia: questions

What is the poverty rate in Azalia?

40.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Azalia work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Azalia without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 75% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Azalia, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Azalia

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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.