Work, pay and getting to work in Elrod
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Hardly any work in Elrod itself; outside it, Versailles draws the most (10%, 5 miles). Employers in Elrod report 49 jobs, and 31 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Elrod, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Elrod on a workday afternoon, 180% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Elrod, and from where
Where Elrod clocks in
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.
Most jobs in Elrod are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elrod, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 49. 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 Elrod’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Elrod
of Elrod workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 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.
Elrod’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 Elrod: questions
What is the poverty rate in Elrod?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elrod work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Versailles (10%, 5 mi), Sunman (6%, 13 mi), Milan (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elrod 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 Elrod, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elrod
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.