Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.7 jobs in Cedar Grove for every working resident, and 210 people commute in
214 jobs are based in Cedar Grove; 79 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Cedar Grove for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (8%, 28 miles). A typical one-way commute from Cedar Grove lasts 28 minutes (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cedar Grove by day
On a workday 75 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 280 people are in Cedar Grove on a workday afternoon, 91% more than live here.
2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Cedar Grove, and from where
Where Cedar Grove clocks in
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cedar Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Grove, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 214. 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 Cedar Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cedar Grove’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Grove workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 12% 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 Cedar Grove’s workers travel
About 26% 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 Cedar Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Grove?
$65,938 (±$30,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Grove?
10.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Grove?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Grove work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (8%, 28 mi), Brookville (6%, 6 mi), Lawrenceburg (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Grove
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.