Photo: Quentin Melson · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Judah
0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Hardly any stay in Judah for work; outside it, Bloomington is the main destination (21%, 14 miles). Employers in Judah report 231 jobs, against 231 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Judah in brief
Working from home in Judah
of Judah workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 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.
A workday in Judah: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 229 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 (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Judah goes to work
Where Judah clocks in
21% of workers
21% of workers
9% 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 Judah, 63% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Judah, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 231. 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 Judah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Judah
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 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 Judah: questions
What is the poverty rate in Judah?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Judah work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (21%, 14 mi), Bedford (21%, 7 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Judah without a car?
0% 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 Judah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Judah
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.