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Jobs & commute in Cortland

Work, pay and getting to work in Cortland

Cortland has 51 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any stay in Cortland for work; outside it, Seymour is the main destination (20%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 51 working residents
Day and night

Cortland on a workday afternoon

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night28
Workday0
28live here− 51head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Cortland on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 commute map

The places Cortland commutes to

Crothersville: 1 residents work here (2%)Brownstown: 4 residents work here (8%)Daleville: 1 residents work here (2%)Scottsburg: 1 residents work here (2%)Seymour: 10 residents work here (20%)Columbus: 6 residents work here (12%)Owen Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Brownstown Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Hamilton Township: 4 residents work here (8%)Indianapolis: 5 residents work here (10%)CortlandSeymourColumbusIndianapolisBrownstownHamilton TownshipOwen TownshipCortland
1
Seymour4.4 mi away
20%10
2
Columbus16.3 mi away
12%6
3
Indianapolis56.4 mi away
10%5
4
Brownstown8 mi away
8%4
5
Hamilton Township1.1 mi away
8%4
6
Owen Township13.6 mi away
4%2
7
Brownstown Township7.3 mi away
4%2
8
Crothersville14 mi away
2%1
9
Daleville82 mi away
2%1
10
Scottsburg22.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%15
The top trips

Where Cortland clocks in

20% of workers
4.4 mi awaySeymour10 Cortland residents work here · Jobs & commute →
12% of workers
16.3 mi awayColumbus6 Cortland residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
56.4 mi awayIndianapolis5 Cortland residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Cortland

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSeymour: 20% · 4.4 miColumbus: 12% · 16.3 miIndianapolis: 10% · 56.4 miBrownstown: 8% · 8 miHamilton Township: 8% · 1.1 miOwen Township: 4% · 13.6 miBrownstown Township: 4% · 7.3 miCrothersville: 2% · 14 miDaleville: 2% · 82 miScottsburg: 2% · 22.2 miSeymour 20%Columbus 12%Indianapolis 10%Brownstown 8%Hamilton Township 8%Cortland
CortlandTop destinations (size = commuters)
44%Under 10 mi22 residents
24%10–24 mi12 residents
8%25–50 mi4 residents
24%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 24% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cortland: questions

What is the poverty rate in Cortland?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cortland work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (20%, 4 mi), Columbus (12%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cortland, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cortland

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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.