Linton Public Library · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Linton are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Linton are D− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Below the poverty line: 17.3% of residents; Indiana has 12.3%. About one in five work in Linton itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (10%, 74 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Linton
Linton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Linton is Indianapolis, 75 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (238) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Linton trades workers with the towns around it
Linton has about as many jobs (2,275) as working residents (2,333), but they are mostly different people: 1,816 residents leave for work each day while 1,758 people come in. Only 23% of the jobs in Linton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Linton pay little
26% of the jobs based in Linton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The figures behind Linton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Linton is better than 4% of U.S. towns, #592 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Linton’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (13.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Linton could be anywhere from D− to D.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Linton
About 28% 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.
Linton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,816 residents head out to work, 517 work right here, and 1,758 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 (0.98 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.
Jobs in Linton: what the 2,275 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linton, 2013 → 2023: 1,895 → 2,275. 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 Linton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Linton goes to work
Where Linton clocks in
10% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Linton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linton workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,043 commuters (the 5% 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.
Few in Linton walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Linton is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #160 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 2,147 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). 8.0% of Linton households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Linton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Linton next to U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 93 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,499 | Osceola AR | 6,450 | $46K | 26.2% | 10.5% | 31% | D− |
| 3,500 | Dos Palos CA | 5,697 | $42K | 17.6% | 9.4% | 20% | D− |
| 3,501 | Linton IN | 5,245 | $45K | 17.3% | 13.3% | 22% | D− |
| 3,502 | Caro MI | 4,258 | $42K | 28.7% | 9.1% | 21% | D− |
| 3,503 | Keyser WV | 4,777 | $47K | 31.8% | 12.9% | 11% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Linton, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Linton: questions
What is the median household income in Linton?
$45,440 (±$6,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linton?
17.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linton work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (10%, 74 mi), Terre Haute (4%, 32 mi), Bloomington (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Linton walkable?
Linton is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Linton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Linton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linton
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.