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Jobs & commute in Goldsmith

Most of Goldsmith commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Goldsmith itself; outside it, Kokomo draws the most (16%, 12 miles). Employers in Goldsmith report 19 jobs for 51 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Goldsmith: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
19work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday250
280live here− 51head out to work+ 19come in to work= 250on a workday

About 250 people are in Goldsmith on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.37jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Goldsmith’s residents

Kempton: 1 residents work here (2%)AtlantaTipton: 3 residents work here (6%)ConnersvilleFrankfortBrownsburgFishersKokomo: 8 residents work here (16%)Noblesville: 3 residents work here (6%)Lafayette: 2 residents work here (4%)Carmel: 2 residents work here (4%)Fort Wayne: 2 residents work here (4%)Union TownshipJackson Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Jefferson Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Indianapolis: 4 residents work here (8%)GoldsmithKokomoIndianapolisTiptonNoblesvilleLafayetteCarmelGoldsmith
1
Kokomo12.1 mi away
16%8
2
Indianapolis35.4 mi away
8%4
3
Tipton5.7 mi away
6%3
4
Noblesville19.2 mi away
6%3
5
Lafayette38.2 mi away
4%2
6
Carmel22.5 mi away
4%2
7
Fort Wayne76.3 mi away
4%2
8
Jackson Township10.5 mi away
4%2
94%2
10
Kempton4.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%22
The top trips

Where Goldsmith 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

74% of the jobs in Goldsmith pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in GoldsmithJobs Goldsmith residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%33%
Trade, transport & utilities100%24%
Services: health, schools, offices0%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%24%
Over $3,333 a month74%59%

Who does it

29 or younger58%22%
30 to 5432%57%
55 and older11%22%

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 Goldsmith’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Goldsmith

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Goldsmith gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 118 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

Miles to work from Goldsmith

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKokomo: 16% · 12.1 miIndianapolis: 8% · 35.4 miTipton: 6% · 5.7 miNoblesville: 6% · 19.2 miLafayette: 4% · 38.2 miCarmel: 4% · 22.5 miFort Wayne: 4% · 76.3 miJackson Township: 4% · 10.5 miJefferson Township: 4% · 3 miKempton: 2% · 4.2 miKokomo 16%Indianapolis 8%Tipton 6%Noblesville 6%Lafayette 4%Goldsmith
GoldsmithTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi11 residents
27%10–24 mi14 residents
22%25–50 mi11 residents
29%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 29% 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 2023.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Goldsmith: questions

What is the median household income in Goldsmith?

$160,439 (±$82,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Goldsmith?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Goldsmith work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kokomo (16%, 12 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 35 mi), Tipton (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Goldsmith

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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.