Duck Creek Aqueduct · Photo: Rosenthal, James W., creator · Public domainMetamora has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Metamora for work; outside it, Batesville is the main destination (8%, 11 miles). 31 jobs are based in Metamora; 104 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Metamora for work, and who comes in
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Metamora on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where the trip to work from Metamora ends
Where Metamora clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 Metamora’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Metamora, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 31. 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 Metamora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Metamora
of Metamora workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from Metamora
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 Metamora: questions
What is the poverty rate in Metamora?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Metamora work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (8%, 11 mi), Connersville (6%, 14 mi), Shelbyville (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Metamora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 46% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Metamora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Metamora
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.