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Jobs & commute in Depauw

Depauw has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. 6 jobs are based in Depauw, against 44 working residents. Hardly any stay in Depauw for work; outside it, Clarksville is the main destination (9%, 25 miles).

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Depauw

On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

44live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night42
Workday4
42live here− 44head out to work+ 6come in to work= 4on a workday

About 4 people are in Depauw on a workday afternoon, 90% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Where people from Depauw work

Palmyra: 1 residents work here (2%)Corydon: 2 residents work here (5%)Linton: 1 residents work here (2%)SalemClarksville: 4 residents work here (9%)New Albany: 2 residents work here (5%)Jeffersonville: 2 residents work here (5%)Webster TownshipTaylor TownshipHarrison Township: 4 residents work here (9%)Jackson Township: 3 residents work here (7%)Morgan TownshipCharlestown TownshipIndianapolis: 3 residents work here (7%)Louisville: 4 residents work here (9%)DepauwClarksvilleHarrison TownshipLouisvilleJackson TownshipIndianapolisCorydonDepauw
1
Clarksville24.6 mi away
9%4
29%4
3
Louisville, KY32.2 mi away
9%4
4
Jackson Township7.6 mi away
7%3
5
Indianapolis99.9 mi away
7%3
6
Corydon9.8 mi away
5%2
7
New Albany21.6 mi away
5%2
8
Jeffersonville28.3 mi away
5%2
9
Palmyra8 mi away
2%1
10
Linton70 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%18
The top trips

Where Depauw clocks in

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.

The jobs

In Depauw, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in DepauwJobs Depauw residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities17%30%
Services: health, schools, offices83%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%23%
Over $3,333 a month67%64%

Who does it

29 or younger17%18%
30 to 5433%61%
55 and older50%20%
+500%

Jobs based in Depauw, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. 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 Depauw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Depauw

Working from home
0%

of Depauw workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Depauw gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 35 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 far

Where in the region Depauw works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClarksville: 9% · 24.6 miHarrison Township: 9% · 10 miLouisville: 9% · 32.2 miJackson Township: 7% · 7.6 miIndianapolis: 7% · 99.9 miCorydon: 5% · 9.8 miNew Albany: 5% · 21.6 miJeffersonville: 5% · 28.3 miPalmyra: 2% · 8 miLinton: 2% · 70 miClarksville 9%Harrison Township 9%Louisville 9%Jackson Township 7%Indianapolis 7%Depauw
DepauwTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi12 residents
15%10–24 mi6 residents
28%25–50 mi11 residents
26%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 26% 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 Depauw: questions

What is the poverty rate in Depauw?

16.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Depauw work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarksville (9%, 25 mi), Harrison Township (9%, 10 mi), Louisville (9%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Depauw 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 Depauw, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Depauw

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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.