Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in New Middletown, IN
Hardly any work in New Middletown itself; outside it, Harrison Township draws the most (18%, 6 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of New Middletown, and who commutes in
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in New Middletown on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from New Middletown work
Where New Middletown clocks in
9% 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.
Time on the road from New Middletown: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Middletown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
Short hops and long hauls from New Middletown
About 30% 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 2024.
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 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 New Middletown: questions
What is the median household income in New Middletown?
$66,250 (±$36,664) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Middletown?
7.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Middletown?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Middletown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrison Township (18%, 6 mi), Jeffersonville (9%, 22 mi), Louisville (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Middletown 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 New Middletown, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Middletown
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.