Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Elberfeld has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Elberfeld has 59 jobs, against 303 working residents. Hardly any work in Elberfeld itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (33%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Elberfeld
Elberfeld is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Elberfeld, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elberfeld has about 430 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Elberfeld works in Evansville
99 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Evansville, 13 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Elberfeld itself. The commute map ↓
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 303 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Elberfeld by day
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Elberfeld on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Elberfeld to work: where people go
Where Elberfeld clocks in
33% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What Elberfeld’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elberfeld, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 59. 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 Elberfeld’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Elberfeld: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elberfeld workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 467 commuters (the 3% 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 Elberfeld commutes less than 14 miles
About 20% 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 Elberfeld: questions
What is the median household income in Elberfeld?
$105,536 (±$17,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elberfeld?
10.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elberfeld?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elberfeld work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (33%, 13 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 132 mi), Boonville (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elberfeld 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 Elberfeld, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elberfeld
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.