Photo: Touch em all 4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jasper has lower unemployment (1.4%) than 91% of U.S. towns
About half stay in Jasper for work; outside it, Huntingburg is the main destination (6%, 6 miles). Jobs and income earn Jasper B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Working residents average 15 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jasper: the figures worth knowing
Jasper is where the jobs are
Jasper has 15,795 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 24,000 people are in town, 41% more than the 17,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Jasper are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Jasper makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Jasper are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jasper residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Jasper gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jasper is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #301 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Jasper’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (14.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jasper could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How many people are in Jasper by day
On a workday 4,402 residents head out to work, 4,326 work right here, and 11,469 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Jasper on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How long Jasper spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jasper workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,091 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Jasper
15,795 jobs are based in Jasper.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jasper, 2013 → 2023: 14,490 → 15,795. 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 Jasper’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Jasper, and from where
Where Jasper clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
How many miles Jasper commutes
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.
In Jasper, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jasper is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #251 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,688 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Jasper households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jasper’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jasper next to U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000: 1,237th of 1,999 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,235 | Miamisburg OH | 20,414 | $83K | 11.8% | 6.1% | 11% | B− |
| 1,236 | Union Township IN | 14,231 | $76K | 8.7% | 5.2% | 19% | B− |
| 1,237 | Jasper IN | 17,279 | $69K | 14.4% | 1.4% | 50% | B− |
| 1,238 | Camano WA | 17,303 | $105K | 6.7% | 4.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,239 | Benton Township IL | 18,769 | $83K | 8.9% | 8.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Jasper, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Jasper and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bainbridge Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jasper workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper | – | B− | B− | 15 min | $68,817 |
| Bainbridge Township | 2% | B− | B− | 15 min | $68,918 |
| Madison Township | 1% | A− | D− | 17 min | $86,277 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jasper’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Jasper: questions
What is the median household income in Jasper?
$68,817 (±$3,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jasper?
14.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jasper?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jasper work?
50% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntingburg (6%, 6 mi), Ferdinand (4%, 12 mi), Evansville (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jasper walkable?
Jasper is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jasper without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jasper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jasper
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.