Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainMaking a living in Bainbridge
Working residents average 36 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Only 3% stay in Bainbridge for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (19%, 35 miles). 253 jobs are based in Bainbridge; 279 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bainbridge at work: what stands out
Bainbridge’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bainbridge is Indianapolis, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Bainbridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bainbridge than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bainbridge fell from 385 in 2013 to 253 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 279 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bainbridge
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.
Time on the road from Bainbridge: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bainbridge workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 230 commuters (the 6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Bainbridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bainbridge, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 253. 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 Bainbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Bainbridge: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 244 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 (0.91 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.
Commuting out of Bainbridge: the destinations
Where Bainbridge clocks in
19% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
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 Bainbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Bainbridge?
$59,712 (±$8,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bainbridge?
13.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bainbridge?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bainbridge work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (19%, 35 mi), Greencastle (18%, 8 mi), Danville (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bainbridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bainbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bainbridge
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.