Cartersburg has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. Employers in Cartersburg report 12 jobs for 66 working residents. Hardly any work in Cartersburg itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (39%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cartersburg by day and by night
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Cartersburg on a workday afternoon, 92% 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.
Where the trip to work from Cartersburg ends
Where Cartersburg clocks in
39% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Cartersburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cartersburg, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 12. 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 Cartersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cartersburg
of Cartersburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 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 Cartersburg goes to work
About 15% 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 Cartersburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cartersburg?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cartersburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (39%, 18 mi), Plainfield (8%, 5 mi), Liberty Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cartersburg 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 Cartersburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cartersburg
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.