Photo: Stickman42 · CC BY-SA 4.0Bargersville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. 1,601 jobs are based in Bargersville; 4,929 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Bargersville B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bargersville apart on work
Bargersville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bargersville went from 809 in 2014 to 1,601 in 2024, +98%. The jobs ↓
43% of Bargersville works in Indianapolis
2,120 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 17 miles away. That’s 11 times as many as work in Bargersville itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Bargersville
25% of Bargersville workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bargersville
68% of Bargersville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Bargersville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
37% of the jobs based in Bargersville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Bargersville’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Where Bargersville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bargersville is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #248 of 593 in Indiana. Household income holds Bargersville’s grade up ($114,231, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bargersville could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The kinds of work in Bargersville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bargersville, 2014 → 2024: 809 → 1,601. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bargersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
43% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Bargersville clocks in
43% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Bargersville takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bargersville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,733 commuters (the 25% 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 daily commute in and out of Bargersville
On a workday 4,741 residents head out to work, 188 work right here, and 1,413 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,500 people are in Bargersville on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region Bargersville works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Bargersville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bargersville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #469 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 4,975 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Bargersville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bargersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bargersville next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000: 1,392nd of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,390 | Murphy MO | 8,285 | $72K | 10.2% | 4.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,391 | Lovejoy GA | 12,929 | $72K | 9.2% | 4.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,392 | Bargersville IN | 11,862 | $114K | 11.9% | 6.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,393 | Beacon NY | 14,931 | $108K | 9.0% | 7.3% | 13% | B |
| 1,394 | Forestville MD | 10,495 | $71K | 10.3% | 5.1% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Bargersville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 15% of Bargersville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Greenwood (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bargersville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bargersville | – | B | C− | 30 min | $114,231 |
| White River Township | 5% | A | C+ | 28 min | $105,130 |
| Harrison Township | under 1% | B | C− | 27 min | $74,735 |
| Greenwood | 10% | A− | B | 25 min | $83,608 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bargersville’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 2024, 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 Bargersville: questions
What is the median household income in Bargersville?
$114,231 (±$24,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bargersville?
11.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bargersville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bargersville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (43%, 17 mi), Greenwood (10%, 7 mi), Franklin (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bargersville walkable?
Bargersville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bargersville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bargersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bargersville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.