Where East Oolitic earns its living
No jobs are based in East Oolitic in the Census job records; 95 of its residents work elsewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Hardly any work in East Oolitic itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (17%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
East Oolitic quiets down on a workday
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in East Oolitic on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from East Oolitic work
Where East Oolitic clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
Working from home in East Oolitic
of East Oolitic workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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 East Oolitic’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
Around East Oolitic: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Oolitic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Oolitic | – | — | — | — | — |
| Oolitic | under 3% | B− | C | 23 min | $59,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Oolitic’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 East Oolitic: questions
What is the poverty rate in East Oolitic?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in East Oolitic work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (17%, 18 mi), Bedford (16%, 3 mi), Richland Township (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Oolitic 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 East Oolitic, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Oolitic
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.