Photo: Stickman42 · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Dubois
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Only 2% work in Dubois itself; outside it, Jasper draws the most (39%, 9 miles). The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Dubois, in brief
39% of Dubois works in Jasper
98 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Jasper, 8.6 miles away. That’s 20 times as many as work in Dubois itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Dubois are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Dubois workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 254 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Dubois goes to work
Where Dubois clocks in
39% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
About 18 minutes each way for Dubois’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dubois workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 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.
In and out of Dubois on a workday
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Dubois on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 194 jobs in Dubois are
194 jobs are based in Dubois.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dubois, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 194. 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 Dubois’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Dubois commutes less than 10 miles
About 18% 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.
Dubois and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dubois workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubois | – | — | — | 18 min | $80,988 |
| Marion Township | 2% | B− | D− | 17 min | $79,667 |
| Hall Township | 2% | B− | C− | 29 min | $91,047 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marion Township. Darker towns draw more of Dubois’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 Dubois: questions
What is the median household income in Dubois?
$80,988 (±$17,038) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dubois?
18.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dubois?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dubois work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (39%, 9 mi), Ferdinand (6%, 16 mi), Huntingburg (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dubois 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 Dubois, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dubois
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.