Mooresville Commercial Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor about two in five of its working residents, Mooresville is a commute to Indianapolis
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Mooresville B; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in seven stay in Mooresville for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (40%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mooresville
Mooresville gains people on a workday
About 12,000 people are in Mooresville on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 10,000 who live here: 5,900 come in to work and 3,800 head out. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Mooresville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mooresville is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #260 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Mooresville’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mooresville could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Out of Mooresville to work: where people go
Where Mooresville clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Mooresville fills up on a workday
On a workday 3,809 residents head out to work, 537 work right here, and 5,852 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Mooresville on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 31% of Mooresville’s jobs are in goods
6,389 jobs are based in Mooresville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mooresville, 2014 → 2024: 6,160 → 6,389. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mooresville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Mooresville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mooresville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,827 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mooresville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Mooresville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mooresville is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #211 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 4,368 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). 5.8% of Mooresville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mooresville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Mooresville comes 1,474th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 110 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 149 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 172 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,472 | Boon Township IN | 13,898 | $78K | 9.2% | 3.6% | 18% | B |
| 1,473 | Eden Isle LA | 7,683 | $78K | 4.8% | 7.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,474 | Mooresville IN | 10,173 | $69K | 13.0% | 3.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,475 | Le Mars IA | 10,760 | $75K | 9.2% | 2.8% | 49% | B |
| 1,476 | Charles Town WV | 9,329 | $89K | 6.5% | 5.9% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Mooresville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Mooresville and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mooresville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooresville | – | B | B | 28 min | $68,983 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | B | B− | 28 min | $70,421 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | A | D | 29 min | $96,058 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mooresville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Mooresville: questions
What is the median household income in Mooresville?
$68,983 (±$7,159) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mooresville?
13.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mooresville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mooresville work?
12% work in town.
Is Mooresville walkable?
Mooresville is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mooresville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mooresville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mooresville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.