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Jobs & commute in Freelandville

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Freelandville works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Freelandville; the top destination outside it is Vincennes (22%, 17 miles). Freelandville has 73 jobs, and 229 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

Getting to work from Freelandville, in brief

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Time on the road from Freelandville: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
195 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Freelandville25 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Freelandville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Freelandville gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 387 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.

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Freelandville

On a workday 229 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.

229live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
73work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night810
Workday650
810live here− 230head out to work+ 73come in to work= 650on a workday

About 650 people are in Freelandville on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.32jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Freelandville: the destinations

SandbornBicknell: 22 residents work here (10%)SullivanLintonWashington: 7 residents work here (3%)Vincennes: 50 residents work here (22%)Terre Haute: 6 residents work here (3%)Evansville: 8 residents work here (3%)Vincennes Township: 5 residents work here (2%)Vigo Township: 8 residents work here (3%)Stockton TownshipBusseron Township: 7 residents work here (3%)Widner Township: 8 residents work here (3%)Washington TownshipIndianapolis: 13 residents work here (6%)FreelandvilleVincennesBicknellIndianapolisEvansvilleVigo TownshipWidner TownshipFreelandville
1
Vincennes16.9 mi away
22%50
2
Bicknell6.3 mi away
10%22
3
Indianapolis88.6 mi away
6%13
4
Evansville61.8 mi away
3%8
5
Vigo Township4.5 mi away
3%8
6
Widner Township1.8 mi away
3%8
7
Washington16.4 mi away
3%7
83%7
9
Terre Haute41.5 mi away
3%6
10
Vincennes Township21.2 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%95
The top trips

Where Freelandville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Freelandville

Jobs based in FreelandvilleJobs Freelandville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms16%28%
Trade, transport & utilities1%16%
Services: health, schools, offices82%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%26%
Over $3,333 a month22%56%

Who does it

29 or younger18%27%
30 to 5458%46%
55 and older25%27%
+2333%

Jobs based in Freelandville, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 73. 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 Freelandville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Freelandville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miVincennes: 22% · 16.9 miBicknell: 10% · 6.3 miIndianapolis: 6% · 88.6 miEvansville: 3% · 61.8 miVigo Township: 3% · 4.5 miWidner Township: 3% · 1.8 miWashington: 3% · 16.4 miBusseron Township: 3% · 8.8 miTerre Haute: 3% · 41.5 miVincennes Township: 2% · 21.2 miVincennes 22%Bicknell 10%Indianapolis 6%Evansville 3%Vigo Township 3%Freelandville
FreelandvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi53 residents
39%10–24 mi90 residents
13%25–50 mi30 residents
24%Over 50 mi56 residents

About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Freelandville: questions

What is the median household income in Freelandville?

$70,236 (±$29,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Freelandville?

12.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Freelandville?

25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Freelandville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (22%, 17 mi), Bicknell (10%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Freelandville 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 Freelandville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Freelandville

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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.