Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Gosport has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. 108 jobs are based in Gosport, against 375 working residents. Only 2% work in Gosport itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (21%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gosport apart on work
Gosport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gosport is Indianapolis, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (78) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Gosport is a place people come home to
There are 108 jobs based in Gosport, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gosport has about 600 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gosport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 375 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Gosport
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.
Who commutes out of Gosport, and who commutes in
On a workday 367 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Gosport on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Gosport: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gosport workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 12% 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.
Out of Gosport to work: where people go
Where Gosport clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
In Gosport, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gosport, 2014 → 2024: 134 → 108. 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 Gosport’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Gosport: questions
What is the median household income in Gosport?
$59,886 (±$16,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gosport?
13.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gosport?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gosport work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (21%, 40 mi), Spencer (9%, 7 mi), Bloomington (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Gosport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gosport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gosport
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.