Fountaintown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%). There are 30 jobs in Fountaintown, against 95 working residents. Hardly any stay in Fountaintown for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (26%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fountaintown, and who commutes in
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Fountaintown on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 people from Fountaintown work
Where Fountaintown clocks in
26% of workers
17% 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.
Making and building: 77% of jobs based in Fountaintown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fountaintown, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 30. 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 Fountaintown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fountaintown
of Fountaintown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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.
How far it is to work from Fountaintown
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 Fountaintown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fountaintown?
30.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fountaintown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (26%, 20 mi), Shelbyville (17%, 10 mi), Morristown (11%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fountaintown 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 Fountaintown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fountaintown
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.