Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Mount Auburn
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Only 2% work in Mount Auburn itself; outside it, Richmond draws the most (25%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 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 (1.04 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 Mount Auburn ends
Where Mount Auburn clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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 Mount Auburn, services account for most jobs
54 jobs are based in Mount Auburn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 54. 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 Mount Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Mount Auburn: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Auburn workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Mount Auburn works
About 27% 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.
How Mount Auburn compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Auburn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Auburn | – | — | — | 19 min | $72,143 |
| Dublin | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dublin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Auburn’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 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 Mount Auburn: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Auburn?
$72,143 (±$3,655) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Auburn?
10.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Auburn?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Auburn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (25%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 51 mi), New Castle (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Auburn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Auburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Auburn
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.