Where Lawrenceport earns its living
Hardly any stay in Lawrenceport for work; outside it, Orleans is the main destination (11%, 7 miles). Employers in Lawrenceport report 14 jobs, against 18 working residents. 100.0% of residents are in poverty (Indiana 12.3%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lawrenceport, and who commutes in
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34 people are in Lawrenceport on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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 the trip to work from Lawrenceport ends
Where Lawrenceport clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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 Lawrenceport’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrenceport, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 14. 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 Lawrenceport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Lawrenceport
About 22% 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 Lawrenceport: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lawrenceport?
100.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lawrenceport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orleans (11%, 7 mi), Mitchell (11%, 5 mi), Bedford (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrenceport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrenceport
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.