Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainMost of Boswell commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
76 jobs are based in Boswell; 361 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Boswell; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (15%, 28 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Boswell stands out on work
Boswell is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Boswell, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Boswell has about 530 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Boswell’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Boswell is Lafayette, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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 361 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Boswell for work, and who comes in
On a workday 353 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Boswell on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
How far Boswell’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
The towns that employ Boswell’s residents
Where Boswell clocks in
7% 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.
What Boswell’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boswell, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 76. 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 Boswell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Boswell spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boswell workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Boswell: questions
What is the median household income in Boswell?
$56,875 (±$15,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boswell?
33.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boswell?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boswell work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (15%, 28 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 83 mi), West Lafayette (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boswell without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boswell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boswell
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.