Photo: Censusdata · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Jeffersonville
Jobs and income earn Jeffersonville B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 5.7 in Indianapolis. About one in five work in Jeffersonville; the top destination outside it is New Albany (8%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Jeffersonville stands out on work
Jeffersonville trades workers with the towns around it
Jeffersonville has about as many jobs (27,857) as working residents (24,831), but they are mostly different people: 19,479 residents leave for work each day while 22,505 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Jeffersonville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Jeffersonville residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Jeffersonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jeffersonville is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #234 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Jeffersonville’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jeffersonville could be anywhere from B− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Jeffersonville
On a workday 19,479 residents head out to work, 5,352 work right here, and 22,505 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
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 distance from Jeffersonville to work
About 23% 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.
The towns that employ Jeffersonville’s residents
Where Jeffersonville clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
What the 27,857 jobs in Jeffersonville are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jeffersonville, 2014 → 2024: 25,160 → 27,857. 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 Jeffersonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Jeffersonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jeffersonville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,069 commuters (the 14% 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.
Jeffersonville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jeffersonville is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #78 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% 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 25,517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Jeffersonville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jeffersonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jeffersonville next to U.S. towns of 38,000 to 73,000: 483rd of 830 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Westfield IN | 66,258 | $123K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Westfield Washington Township IN | 70,020 | $121K | 4.4% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 481 | Linden NJ | 45,752 | $93K | 9.6% | 9.5% | 10% | B |
| 482 | Rohnert Park CA | 44,811 | $99K | 10.5% | 5.1% | 11% | B |
| 483 | Jeffersonville IN | 54,134 | $71K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 22% | B |
| 484 | DeSoto TX | 56,681 | $83K | 7.6% | 8.9% | 5% | B |
| 485 | Moore OK | 63,609 | $80K | 11.4% | 4.7% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 830 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Jeffersonville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 16% of Jeffersonville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jeffersonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersonville | – | B | A− | 20 min | $70,930 |
| Silver Creek Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 20 min | $75,732 |
| Utica Township | 3% | A | C | 21 min | $102,897 |
| Jeffersonville Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 19 min | $62,247 |
| Charlestown | under 2% | B | B− | 24 min | $77,288 |
| Clarksville | 5% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $60,467 |
| Utica | under 2% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $84,886 |
| Charlestown Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $92,021 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Louisville. Darker towns draw more of Jeffersonville’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 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 Jeffersonville: questions
What is the median household income in Jeffersonville?
$70,930 (±$3,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jeffersonville?
11.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jeffersonville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jeffersonville work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (8%, 7 mi), Louisville (8%, 10 mi), Clarksville (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Jeffersonville walkable?
Jeffersonville is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jeffersonville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jeffersonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jeffersonville
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. 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.