Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Batesville has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 5,604 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn Batesville C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. 6,794 jobs are based in Batesville; 3,341 of its residents have a job. About one in three work in Batesville; the top destination outside it is Greensburg (6%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Batesville
Batesville is where the jobs are
Batesville has 6,794 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 11,000 people are in town, 47% more than the 7,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Batesville draws workers from far and wide
The 6,794 jobs in Batesville are filled from a wide area. Batesville’s own residents hold 18% and the ten next-biggest home towns 24%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Batesville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Batesville is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #380 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Batesville’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($62,292, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Batesville could be anywhere from C− to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Batesville
On a workday 2,151 residents head out to work and 1,190 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Batesville on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
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 daily trip into Batesville
Where Batesville clocks in
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Batesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batesville, 2013 → 2023: 7,662 → 6,794. 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 Batesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Batesville: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batesville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,412 commuters (the 11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Batesville
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Batesville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Batesville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #286 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 3,828 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). 7.7% of Batesville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Batesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Batesville next to U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000: 1,960th of 3,083 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,958 | Hudson Falls NY | 7,333 | $63K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,959 | South Ottawa Township IL | 8,299 | $84K | 13.5% | 4.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,960 | Batesville IN | 7,401 | $62K | 14.2% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| 1,961 | Helena Valley Southeast MT | 9,108 | $74K | 8.3% | 4.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,962 | Hempstead TX | 7,194 | $60K | 22.6% | 2.4% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Batesville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Batesville
The biggest share goes to Adams Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Batesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | – | C+ | B− | 27 min | $62,292 |
| Morris | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Laughery Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $60,119 |
| Adams Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $69,312 |
Same-state neighbors only. Morris: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Batesville’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 Batesville: questions
What is the median household income in Batesville?
$62,292 (±$12,051) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batesville?
14.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batesville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batesville work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensburg (6%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 60 mi), Cincinnati (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Batesville walkable?
Batesville is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Batesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Batesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batesville
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.