Photo: Chris Light at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Ferdinand (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Ferdinand grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in four stay in Ferdinand for work; outside it, Jasper is the main destination (25%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ferdinand: the figures worth knowing
Ferdinand fills up on a workday
Ferdinand has 3,429 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,500 people are in town, more than double the 2,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Ferdinand makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Ferdinand are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ferdinand residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 38%. The jobs ↓
Ferdinand and Jasper trade workers both ways
Jasper is the top workplace for Ferdinand residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Ferdinand come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Ferdinand are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Ferdinand’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ferdinand is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Ferdinand’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ferdinand could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who works in Ferdinand, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 870 residents head out to work, 267 work right here, and 3,162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Ferdinand on a workday afternoon, 102% more than live here.
3.0 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.
Ferdinand works in goods: 76% of its jobs
3,429 jobs are based in Ferdinand.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferdinand, 2013 → 2023: 3,013 → 3,429. 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 Ferdinand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Ferdinand
Where Ferdinand clocks in
25% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferdinand workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,024 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ferdinand
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.
Most of Ferdinand commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ferdinand is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,082 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Ferdinand households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ferdinand’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ferdinand next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000: 1,848th of 5,102 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,846 | Charlotte Park FL | 1,966 | $60K | 3.7% | 4.2% | <1% | B |
| 1,847 | West Glendive MT | 2,121 | $55K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 14% | B |
| 1,848 | Ferdinand IN | 2,247 | $70K | 11.0% | 0.5% | 23% | B |
| 1,849 | McQueeney TX | 2,392 | $98K | 13.0% | 5.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,850 | St. Marys WV | 1,746 | $64K | 6.7% | 1.6% | 18% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ferdinand, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Ferdinand: questions
What is the median household income in Ferdinand?
$70,000 (±$17,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferdinand?
11.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferdinand?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferdinand work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (25%, 12 mi), Huntingburg (7%, 7 mi), Evansville (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ferdinand walkable?
Ferdinand is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ferdinand 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 Ferdinand, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferdinand
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.