Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bicknell commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
403 jobs are based in Bicknell; 1,138 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Bicknell C; getting around on foot earns it A−. Measured by household income, Bicknell is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bicknell, in brief
Bicknell makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Bicknell are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bicknell residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Few Bicknell workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Bicknell gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bicknell is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #474 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Bicknell’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($52,188, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bicknell could be anywhere from D to B.
A place that makes things: 43% of Bicknell’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bicknell, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 403. 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 Bicknell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bicknell: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bicknell workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,391 commuters (the 3% 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.
Bicknell on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,046 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Bicknell on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
20% of working residents work in Vincennes
Where Bicknell clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
How many miles Bicknell commutes
About 23% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Bicknell
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bicknell is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #75 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Bicknell 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 1,439 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). 7.9% of Bicknell households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bicknell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Bicknell ranks 3,226th of 4,618 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,224 | East Wheatfield Township PA | 2,113 | $51K | 16.5% | 2.9% | 7% | C |
| 3,225 | High Point FL | 3,548 | $49K | 7.9% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 3,226 | Bicknell IN | 2,982 | $52K | 14.2% | 2.6% | 8% | C |
| 3,227 | Cleveland Township IN | 3,383 | $61K | 16.9% | 4.5% | 10% | C |
| 3,228 | Dannemora NY | 3,291 | $78K | 12.0% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Bicknell, 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 Bicknell: questions
What is the median household income in Bicknell?
$52,188 (±$21,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bicknell?
14.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bicknell?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bicknell work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (20%, 13 mi), Vincennes Township (7%, 17 mi), Washington (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bicknell walkable?
Bicknell is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bicknell 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 Bicknell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bicknell
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.