Households in Mulberry have lower incomes than those in 76% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Mulberry itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (35%, 11 miles). Poverty touches 15.3% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. Mulberry grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mulberry in brief
The four measures behind Mulberry’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mulberry is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Mulberry’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($58,950, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Mulberry’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mulberry could be anywhere from D to B.
Commuting out of Mulberry: the destinations
Where Mulberry clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
Mulberry on a workday afternoon
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Mulberry on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
283 jobs are based in Mulberry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mulberry, 2013 → 2023: 224 → 283. 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 Mulberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mulberry’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mulberry workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 4% 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 Mulberry
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.
Most of Mulberry commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mulberry is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mulberry near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 526 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). 8.2% of Mulberry households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mulberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mulberry is 2,865th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,863 | Lake Secession SC | 1,268 | $52K | 7.1% | 5.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,864 | Grimsley TN | 1,171 | $57K | 6.5% | 11.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,865 | Mulberry IN | 1,224 | $59K | 15.3% | 6.6% | 3% | C |
| 2,866 | Rice TX | 1,286 | $66K | 16.2% | 2.1% | 3% | C |
| 2,867 | Marmet WV | 1,416 | $52K | 13.6% | 12.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Mulberry, 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 Mulberry: questions
What is the median household income in Mulberry?
$58,950 (±$10,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mulberry?
15.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mulberry?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mulberry work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (35%, 11 mi), Frankfort (13%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mulberry walkable?
Mulberry is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mulberry 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 Mulberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mulberry
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.