Battle Ground Historic District · Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainMost of Battle Ground commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
121 jobs are based in Battle Ground for 802 working residents. Battle Ground grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Battle Ground at work: what stands out
43% of Battle Ground works in Lafayette
343 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Lafayette, 7.5 miles away. That’s far more as work in Battle Ground itself. The commute map ↓
Battle Ground is a place people come home to
There are 121 jobs based in Battle Ground, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Battle Ground has about 1,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Battle Ground residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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 802 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Battle Ground’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Battle Ground is better than 79% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Battle Ground could be anywhere from B− to A+.
43% of working residents work in Lafayette
Where Battle Ground clocks in
15% 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.
Battle Ground by day and by night
On a workday 798 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Battle Ground on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Battle Ground
About 21% 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.
Most jobs in Battle Ground are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Battle Ground, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 121. 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 Battle Ground’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Battle Ground workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 906 commuters (the 12% 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.
Few in Battle Ground walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Battle Ground is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Battle Ground near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,028 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 1.1% of Battle Ground households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Battle Ground’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600, Battle Ground ranks 787th of 5,921 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 785 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| 786 | Manitowoc Rapids WI | 2,184 | $94K | 5.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 787 | Battle Ground IN | 1,905 | $111K | 4.0% | 4.2% | <1% | A− |
| 788 | Penn Township OH | 1,557 | $127K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 789 | Greenbush WI | 2,235 | $87K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Battle Ground, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Battle Ground: questions
What is the median household income in Battle Ground?
$110,568 (±$23,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Battle Ground?
4.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Battle Ground?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Battle Ground work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (43%, 8 mi), West Lafayette (15%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Battle Ground walkable?
Battle Ground is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Battle Ground without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Battle Ground, from the people who make the trip.
More of Battle Ground
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.