Household incomes in Foxcliff Estates are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Foxcliff Estates grades A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. For 23% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Foxcliff Estates in brief
Foxcliff Estates is a place people come home to
There are 127 jobs based in Foxcliff Estates, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Foxcliff Estates has about 1,200 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Foxcliff Estates works in Indianapolis
210 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 25 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Foxcliff Estates itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Foxcliff Estates works from home
23% of Foxcliff Estates workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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; with 610 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Foxcliff Estates’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Foxcliff Estates is better than 96% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($142,070, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Foxcliff Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Foxcliff Estates could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Foxcliff Estates by day
On a workday 601 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Foxcliff Estates on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
34% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Foxcliff Estates clocks in
34% of workers
17% of workers
3% 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.
Getting to work from Foxcliff Estates takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Foxcliff Estates workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 23% 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.
What work there is in Foxcliff Estates: 127 jobs
127 jobs are based in Foxcliff Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foxcliff Estates, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 127. 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 Foxcliff Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Foxcliff Estates goes to work
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.
Driving is how Foxcliff Estates gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Foxcliff Estates is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Foxcliff Estates near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 868 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). 1.6% of Foxcliff Estates households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Foxcliff Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Foxcliff Estates is 164th among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Lannon WI | 2,057 | $84K | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 163 | West Point WI | 2,066 | $140K | 2.2% | 1.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 164 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 165 | Choctaw Lake OH | 1,985 | $142K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 166 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Wills Township IN | 2,111 | $113K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Foxcliff Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Foxcliff Estates
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Foxcliff Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxcliff Estates | – | A+ | D | 30 min | $142,070 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $81,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Foxcliff Estates’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Foxcliff Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Foxcliff Estates?
$142,070 (±$19,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Foxcliff Estates?
2.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Foxcliff Estates?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Foxcliff Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (34%, 24 mi), Martinsville (17%, 5 mi), Greenwood (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Foxcliff Estates walkable?
Foxcliff Estates is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Foxcliff Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Foxcliff Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foxcliff Estates
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.