Photo: Al Hart · Public domainDarlington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Employers in Darlington report 27 jobs for 303 working residents. Only 1% work in Darlington itself; outside it, Crawfordsville draws the most (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Darlington, in brief
Darlington is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Darlington, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Darlington has about 450 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Darlington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 303 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Darlington
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Darlington on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Darlington workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 298 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where Darlington goes to work
Where Darlington clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Darlington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Darlington, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 27. 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 Darlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Darlington
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 Darlington: questions
What is the median household income in Darlington?
$57,656 (±$13,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Darlington?
12.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Darlington?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Darlington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crawfordsville (15%, 8 mi), Lafayette (14%, 21 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Darlington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Darlington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Darlington
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.