Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Markleville works elsewhere
Employers in Markleville report 131 jobs, against 239 working residents. Hardly any work in Markleville itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (19%, 31 miles). The average commute takes 28 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
Markleville at work: what stands out
The commute from Markleville, by distance
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.
Who commutes out of Markleville, and who commutes in
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Markleville on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Markleville: the destinations
Where Markleville clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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 Markleville, 98% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Markleville, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 131. 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 Markleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Markleville’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Markleville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Markleville: questions
What is the median household income in Markleville?
$89,167 (±$28,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Markleville?
8.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Markleville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Markleville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (19%, 31 mi), Anderson (17%, 9 mi), Noblesville (8%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Markleville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Markleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Markleville
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.