Cross Plains has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Cross Plains report 4 jobs, and 55 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cross Plains itself; outside it, Milan draws the most (11%, 14 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cross Plains quiets down on a workday
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Cross Plains on a workday afternoon, 59% 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.
Where the trip to work from Cross Plains ends
Where Cross Plains clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Cross Plains makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cross Plains, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 4. 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 Cross Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cross Plains
of Cross Plains workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Cross Plains
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 Cross Plains: questions
What is the median household income in Cross Plains?
$47,917 (±$2,685) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cross Plains?
14.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cross Plains work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milan (11%, 14 mi), Lawrenceburg (7%, 21 mi), Cincinnati (7%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cross Plains 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 Cross Plains, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cross Plains
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.