Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Butlerville works elsewhere
There are 37 jobs in Butlerville for 140 working residents. Hardly any stay in Butlerville for work; outside it, North Vernon is the main destination (21%, 6 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Butlerville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Butlerville on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Butlerville commutes to
Where Butlerville clocks in
21% of workers
14% 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.
Goods, not services: 57% of the jobs in Butlerville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butlerville, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 37. 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 Butlerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Butlerville
of Butlerville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 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.
Butlerville’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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 Butlerville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Butlerville?
71.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Butlerville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Vernon (21%, 6 mi), Columbus (14%, 25 mi), Seymour (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Butlerville 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 Butlerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butlerville
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.