Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Evansville for more than half of Darmstadt’s working residents
The two grades for Darmstadt are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. Hardly any stay in Darmstadt for work; outside it, Evansville is the main destination (58%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Darmstadt: the gist
More than half of Darmstadt works in Evansville
363 working residents, 58%, have their main job in Evansville, 7.5 miles away. That’s far more as work in Darmstadt itself. The commute map ↓
Most Darmstadt residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Darmstadt is a place people come home to
There are 150 jobs based in Darmstadt, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Darmstadt has about 960 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 629 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Darmstadt’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Darmstadt is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Darmstadt’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Darmstadt could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Commuting out of Darmstadt: the destinations
Where Darmstadt clocks in
58% of workers
5% 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.
Miles to work from Darmstadt
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Darmstadt
On a workday 628 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Darmstadt on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
Inside Darmstadt’s 150 jobs
150 jobs are based in Darmstadt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Darmstadt, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 150. 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 Darmstadt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Darmstadt: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Darmstadt workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 750 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Darmstadt, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Darmstadt is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 836 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.6% of Darmstadt households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Darmstadt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Darmstadt ranks 281st of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 279 | Richland PA | 1,524 | $94K | 2.6% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| 280 | New Glarus WI | 1,427 | $138K | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| 281 | Darmstadt IN | 1,441 | $107K | 3.3% | 0.9% | <1% | A |
| 282 | Langhorne Manor PA | 1,467 | $138K | 10.5% | 10.8% | 4% | A |
| 283 | Will Township IL | 1,790 | $112K | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Darmstadt, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Darmstadt
The biggest share goes to Scott Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Darmstadt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darmstadt | – | A | C− | 25 min | $107,188 |
| Scott Township | 5% | A | C− | 24 min | $106,628 |
| Center Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 21 min | $78,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Darmstadt’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Darmstadt: questions
What is the median household income in Darmstadt?
$107,188 (±$33,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Darmstadt?
3.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Darmstadt?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Darmstadt work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (58%, 8 mi), Patoka Township (5%, 18 mi), Scott Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Darmstadt walkable?
Darmstadt is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Darmstadt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Darmstadt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Darmstadt
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.