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Jobs & commute in Graysville

Graysville at work: jobs, income and the commute

0% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Graysville itself; outside it, Terre Haute draws the most (33%, 26 miles). No jobs are based in Graysville in the Census job records; 3 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

Day and night

How a workday changes Graysville

On a workday 3 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

3live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night67
Workday64
67live here− 3head out to work+ 0come in to work= 64on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Graysville’s residents

Terre Haute: 1 residents work here (33%)Carmel: 1 residents work here (33%)Patoka Township: 1 residents work here (33%)GraysvilleTerre HauteCarmelPatoka TownshipGraysville
1
Terre Haute25.8 mi away
33%1
2
Carmel95.1 mi away
33%1
3
Patoka Township53.1 mi away
33%1
The top trips

Where Graysville 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Graysville

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Graysville gets to work
36%Drive alone
64%Carpool

Share of the 14 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

The commute from Graysville, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTerre Haute: 33% · 25.8 miCarmel: 33% · 95.1 miPatoka Township: 33% · 53.1 miTerre Haute 33%Carmel 33%Patoka Township 33%Graysville
GraysvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
33%25–50 mi1 residents
67%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 67% 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 Graysville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Graysville?

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

Where do people who live in Graysville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (33%, 26 mi), Carmel (33%, 95 mi), Patoka Township (33%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Graysville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 84% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Graysville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Graysville

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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.