North Judson has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, North Judson is behind 81% of U.S. towns. There are 381 jobs in North Judson, and 835 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn North Judson D; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
North Judson at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside North Judson
57% of North Judson residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in North Judson pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in North Judson than ten years ago
Jobs counted in North Judson fell from 553 in 2014 to 381 in 2024, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in North Judson pay little
28% of the jobs based in North Judson pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 835 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind North Judson’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, North Judson is better than 12% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides North Judson’s grade.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: North Judson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, North Judson could be anywhere from D to C.
What North Judson’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Judson, 2014 → 2024: 553 → 381. 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 North Judson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
North Judson on a workday afternoon
On a workday 768 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in North Judson 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.
8% of working residents work in Knox
Where North Judson clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from North Judson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Judson workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 726 commuters (the 1% 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 North Judson works
About 23% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: North Judson
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Judson is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 735 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). 6.1% of North Judson households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Judson’s commuters take a bus or train.
North Judson places 4,366th of 5,343 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Ferry Township MI | 1,305 | $55K | 11.9% | 4.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,365 | Liberty IN | 1,967 | $46K | 18.7% | 3.6% | 15% | D |
| 4,366 | North Judson IN | 1,802 | $55K | 16.2% | 4.7% | 8% | D |
| 4,367 | Phillipsburg KS | 2,225 | $61K | 14.5% | 4.5% | 44% | D |
| 4,368 | Colby WI | 1,957 | $50K | 19.1% | 1.4% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 North Judson, 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 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 North Judson: questions
What is the median household income in North Judson?
$55,086 (±$5,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Judson?
16.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Judson?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Judson work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knox (8%, 10 mi), Valparaiso (7%, 23 mi), Winamac (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Judson walkable?
North Judson is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Judson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Judson, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Judson
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. 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.