Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMore than half of Homecroft’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Hardly any work in Homecroft; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (55%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). 57 jobs are based in Homecroft, and 345 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Homecroft at work: what stands out
Homecroft is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Homecroft, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Homecroft has about 470 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 345 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Homecroft’s working residents head each day
Where Homecroft clocks in
55% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
A workday in Homecroft: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 344 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Homecroft on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
The kinds of work in Homecroft
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homecroft, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 57. 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 Homecroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Homecroft
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homecroft workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Homecroft
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.
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 Homecroft: questions
What is the median household income in Homecroft?
$78,942 (±$10,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homecroft?
2.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homecroft?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homecroft work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (55%, 8 mi), Greenwood (10%, 5 mi), Plainfield (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Homecroft without a car?
<1% 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 Homecroft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homecroft
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.