Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainEarl Park has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Earl Park for work; outside it, Lafayette is the main destination (18%, 35 miles). Employers in Earl Park report 44 jobs for 157 working residents. Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average; the Indiana average is 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Earl Park, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Earl Park on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Earl Park to work: where people go
Where Earl Park clocks in
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 Earl Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Earl Park, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 44. 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 Earl Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Earl Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Earl Park workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Earl Park commutes less than 32 miles
About 28% 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 Earl Park: questions
What is the median household income in Earl Park?
$59,375 (±$22,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Earl Park?
16.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Earl Park?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Earl Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (18%, 35 mi), Fowler (8%, 7 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Earl Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Earl Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Earl Park
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.