Photo: YHoshua · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Chandler commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Chandler itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (43%, 9 miles). 469 jobs are based in Chandler, and 1,692 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Chandler C+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chandler at work: what stands out
43% of Chandler works in Evansville
727 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Evansville, 9.4 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Chandler itself. The commute map ↓
Chandler makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Chandler are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Chandler residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Chandler is a place people come home to
There are 469 jobs based in Chandler, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chandler has about 2,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Chandler’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chandler is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #398 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Chandler’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chandler could be anywhere from C− to A.
The towns that employ Chandler’s residents
Where Chandler clocks in
43% of workers
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.
Chandler works in goods: 41% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chandler, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 469. 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 Chandler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Chandler: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,648 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Chandler on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 trip to work from Chandler: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chandler workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,060 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 Chandler 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.
Getting around Chandler: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chandler is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #174 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,213 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Chandler households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chandler’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chandler places 2,476th of 4,084 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,474 | Bath PA | 2,903 | $72K | 20.1% | 5.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,475 | Brandon VT | 4,173 | $64K | 14.2% | 0.8% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,476 | Chandler IN | 3,960 | $75K | 12.2% | 6.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,477 | Ball LA | 3,793 | $80K | 10.9% | 5.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,478 | Corinth ME | 3,139 | $64K | 11.4% | 1.9% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chandler, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Chandler: questions
What is the median household income in Chandler?
$74,725 (±$15,901) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chandler?
12.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chandler?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chandler work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (43%, 9 mi), Ohio Township (8%, 3 mi), Boonville (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chandler walkable?
Chandler is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chandler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chandler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chandler
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.