Jobs and earnings in Commiskey, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Indiana 11%). Hardly any work in Commiskey; the top destination outside it is North Vernon (19%, 11 miles). There are 26 jobs in Commiskey for 16 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Commiskey on a workday
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
1.6 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.
The daily trip into Commiskey
Where Commiskey clocks in
19% of workers
19% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Commiskey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Commiskey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Commiskey
of Commiskey workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 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 many miles Commiskey commutes
About 19% 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 Commiskey: questions
What is the median household income in Commiskey?
$90,188 (±$26,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Commiskey?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Commiskey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Vernon (19%, 11 mi), Columbus (19%, 28 mi), Madison (13%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Commiskey 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 Commiskey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Commiskey
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.