Most of Needmore commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
8 jobs are based in Needmore for 99 working residents. Hardly any stay in Needmore for work; outside it, Bedford is the main destination (22%, 5 miles). Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Needmore, and who commutes in
On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Needmore on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Needmore’s working residents head each day
Where Needmore clocks in
22% of workers
22% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Needmore
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Needmore, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 8. 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 Needmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Needmore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Needmore workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 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.
How many miles Needmore commutes
About 22% 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 Needmore: questions
What is the poverty rate in Needmore?
5.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Needmore?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Needmore work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford (22%, 5 mi), Bloomington (22%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Needmore 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 Needmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Needmore
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.