Fillmore has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 35% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%. There are 59 jobs in Fillmore for 240 working residents. Hardly any work in Fillmore; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (21%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fillmore stands out on work
Fillmore’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fillmore is Indianapolis, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Fillmore
35% of Fillmore workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
Fillmore is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Fillmore, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fillmore has about 370 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fillmore
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.
About 31 minutes each way for Fillmore’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fillmore workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 284 commuters (the 35% 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.
Fillmore quiets down on a workday
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Fillmore on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where Fillmore goes to work
Where Fillmore clocks in
21% of workers
17% 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.
Goods, not services: 68% of the jobs in Fillmore
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fillmore, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 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 Fillmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Fillmore: questions
What is the median household income in Fillmore?
$85,543 (±$7,443) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fillmore?
5.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fillmore?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fillmore work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (21%, 33 mi), Greencastle (17%, 5 mi), Plainfield (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fillmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fillmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fillmore
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.