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Jobs & commute in Bryant

Bryant has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. There are 14 jobs in Bryant, and 106 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bryant itself; outside it, Portland draws the most (17%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Bryant for work, and who comes in

On a workday 106 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

106live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday140
240live here− 110head out to work+ 14come in to work= 140on a workday

About 140 people are in Bryant on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Bryant goes to work

BryantBerne: 11 residents work here (10%)Portland: 18 residents work here (17%)Bluffton: 2 residents work here (2%)Bloomington: 2 residents work here (2%)Kokomo: 4 residents work here (4%)Muncie: 5 residents work here (5%)Fort Wayne: 5 residents work here (5%)Madison TownshipNoble Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Greene TownshipJackson TownshipCedar Creek TownshipWayne TownshipHarrison TownshipWayne Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Indianapolis: 7 residents work here (7%)PortlandBerneIndianapolisMuncieFort WayneKokomoBryant
1
Portland6.9 mi away
17%18
2
Berne8.4 mi away
10%11
3
Indianapolis81.5 mi away
7%7
4
Muncie32.5 mi away
5%5
5
Fort Wayne39.3 mi away
5%5
6
Kokomo61.3 mi away
4%4
7
Noble Township8.8 mi away
3%3
8
Wayne Township6.8 mi away
3%3
9
Bluffton18 mi away
2%2
10
Bloomington125.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%46
The top trips

Where Bryant 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bryant

Jobs based in BryantJobs Bryant residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%36%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices100%39%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less36%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%29%
Over $3,333 a month29%55%

Who does it

29 or younger14%26%
30 to 5450%49%
55 and older36%25%
+75%

Jobs based in Bryant, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 14. 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 Bryant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Bryant: about 20 minutes

A year of commuting
154 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bryant20 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

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

About 1 in 10
How Bryant gets to work
66%Drive alone
33%Carpool
1%Other

Share of the 76 commuters (the 7% 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

Miles to work from Bryant

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPortland: 17% · 6.9 miBerne: 10% · 8.4 miIndianapolis: 7% · 81.5 miMuncie: 5% · 32.5 miFort Wayne: 5% · 39.3 miKokomo: 4% · 61.3 miNoble Township: 3% · 8.8 miWayne Township: 3% · 6.8 miBluffton: 2% · 18 miBloomington: 2% · 125.9 miPortland 17%Berne 10%Indianapolis 7%Muncie 5%Fort Wayne 5%Bryant
BryantTop destinations (size = commuters)
38%Under 10 mi40 residents
12%10–24 mi13 residents
14%25–50 mi15 residents
36%Over 50 mi38 residents

About 36% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bryant: questions

What is the median household income in Bryant?

$58,295 (±$17,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bryant?

8.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bryant?

20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bryant work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (17%, 7 mi), Berne (10%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Bryant without a car?

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

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Bryant

Bryant home →

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.