Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Coatesville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Coatesville for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (32%, 28 miles). Coatesville has 44 jobs for 275 working residents. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Coatesville apart on work
Coatesville is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Coatesville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coatesville has about 340 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Coatesville works in Indianapolis
89 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 29 miles away. That’s 32 times as many as work in Coatesville itself. The commute map ↓
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; with 275 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Coatesville by day
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Coatesville on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 towns that employ Coatesville’s residents
Where Coatesville clocks in
32% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
In Coatesville, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coatesville, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 44. 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 Coatesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Coatesville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coatesville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 230 commuters (the 13% 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.
The commute from Coatesville, by distance
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 Coatesville: questions
What is the median household income in Coatesville?
$77,625 (±$12,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coatesville?
6.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coatesville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coatesville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 28 mi), Plainfield (10%, 16 mi), Danville (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coatesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coatesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coatesville
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.