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Jobs & commute in Blairsville

Evansville draws about two in five of Blairsville’s working residents

No jobs are based in Blairsville in the Census job records; 151 of its residents work elsewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%. Hardly any work in Blairsville itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (40%, 14 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Blairsville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 151 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

151live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday52
200live here− 150head out to work+ 0come in to work= 52on a workday

About 52 people are in Blairsville on a workday afternoon, 74% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Blairsville goes to work

Poseyville: 13 residents work here (9%)Mount Vernon: 5 residents work here (3%)Jasper: 5 residents work here (3%)Evansville: 60 residents work here (40%)Black Township: 6 residents work here (4%)Robinson Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Center Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Perry Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Scott Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Center TownshipIndianapolis: 6 residents work here (4%)BlairsvilleEvansvillePoseyvilleBlack TownshipIndianapolisMount VernonJasperBlairsville
1
Evansville14 mi away
40%60
2
Poseyville6.3 mi away
9%13
3
Black Township12.2 mi away
4%6
4
Indianapolis146 mi away
4%6
5
Mount Vernon12.2 mi away
3%5
6
Jasper49.6 mi away
3%5
73%5
8
Perry Township10 mi away
3%4
9
Center Township12.4 mi away
2%3
10
Scott Township13 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%41
The top trips

Where Blairsville clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Blairsville

Working from home
0%

of Blairsville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Blairsville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 81 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.

How far

Half of Blairsville commutes less than 13 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEvansville: 40% · 14 miPoseyville: 9% · 6.3 miBlack Township: 4% · 12.2 miIndianapolis: 4% · 146 miMount Vernon: 3% · 12.2 miJasper: 3% · 49.6 miRobinson Township: 3% · 2.1 miPerry Township: 3% · 10 miCenter Township: 2% · 12.4 miScott Township: 2% · 13 miEvansville 40%Poseyville 9%Black Township 4%Indianapolis 4%Mount Vernon 3%Blairsville
BlairsvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi32 residents
55%10–24 mi83 residents
3%25–50 mi5 residents
21%Over 50 mi31 residents

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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

How Blairsville compares with the towns next door

Center Township: few work hereCenter TownshipBlairsville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownBlairsville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Blairsville–———$97,589
Center Townshipunder 2%B+D30 min$86,974

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Blairsville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Blairsville: questions

What is the median household income in Blairsville?

$97,589 (±$66,798) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Blairsville?

15.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Blairsville work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Blairsville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Blairsville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Blairsville

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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.