Blocher has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Blocher itself; outside it, Scottsburg draws the most (25%, 7 miles). Blocher has 2 jobs, against 79 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Blocher by day and by night
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Blocher work
Where Blocher clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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.
100% of the jobs in Blocher pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blocher, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 2. 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 Blocher’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Blocher works
About 22% 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.
Around Blocher: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blocher workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocher | – | — | — | — | — |
| Graham Township | under 3% | B | D− | 30 min | $78,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blocher’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 Blocher: questions
Where do people who live in Blocher work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsburg (25%, 7 mi), Jennings Township (10%, 7 mi), Jeffersonville (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blocher, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blocher
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.