With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Billtown works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Billtown itself; outside it, Terre Haute draws the most (25%, 11 miles). 6 jobs are based in Billtown; 142 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 25 minutes each way; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Billtown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Billtown on a workday afternoon, 77% 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.
The places Billtown commutes to
Where Billtown clocks in
25% of workers
10% 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.
In Billtown, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Billtown, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 6. 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 Billtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Billtown takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Billtown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from Billtown to work
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.
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 Billtown: questions
What is the median household income in Billtown?
$55,795 (±$51,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Billtown?
13.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Billtown?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Billtown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (25%, 11 mi), Brazil (10%, 4 mi), Van Buren Township (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Billtown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Billtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Billtown
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.