Photo: Tysto · Public domainMost of Etna Green commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. 28 jobs are based in Etna Green, and 243 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Etna Green; the top destination outside it is Warsaw (27%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Etna Green stands out on work
Etna Green is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Etna Green, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Etna Green has about 360 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Etna Green workers work from home
Only 1% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 243 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Etna Green for work, and who comes in
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Etna Green on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Etna Green’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Etna Green workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 1% 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.
The towns that employ Etna Green’s residents
Where Etna Green clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 Etna Green
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Etna Green, 2014 → 2024: 52 → 28. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Etna Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Etna Green
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Etna Green: questions
What is the median household income in Etna Green?
$63,281 (±$15,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Etna Green?
13.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Etna Green?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Etna Green work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (27%, 10 mi), Nappanee (6%, 12 mi), Elkhart (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Etna Green 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 Etna Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Etna Green
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.