Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Nineveh commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Nineveh report 54 jobs for 195 working residents. Hardly any work in Nineveh itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (30%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nineveh on a workday afternoon
On a workday 194 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Nineveh on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Nineveh’s working residents head each day
Where Nineveh clocks in
30% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Nineveh
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nineveh, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nineveh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Nineveh: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nineveh workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 231 commuters (the 8% 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.
The distance from Nineveh to work
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.
Nineveh and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nineveh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nineveh | – | — | — | 26 min | $54,233 |
| Prince's Lakes | under 2% | B | D | 38 min | $89,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nineveh’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 Nineveh: questions
What is the median household income in Nineveh?
$54,233 (±$12,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nineveh?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nineveh?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nineveh work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (30%, 29 mi), Franklin (14%, 10 mi), Trafalgar (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Nineveh 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 Nineveh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nineveh
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.