Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNorth Webster has lower household incomes than 81% of U.S. towns
The two grades for North Webster are C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Below the poverty line: 10.4% of residents, next to 12.3% across Indiana. Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: North Webster in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside North Webster
60% of North Webster residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in North Webster pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in North Webster pay little
31% of the jobs based in North Webster pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few North Webster workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 435 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
North Webster’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, North Webster is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds North Webster’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,278, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: North Webster’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, North Webster could be anywhere from D to B+.
Jobs in North Webster: what the 448 are
448 jobs are based in North Webster.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Webster, 2013 → 2023: 461 → 448. 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 North Webster’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 19 minutes in North Webster
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Webster workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 413 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 426 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where North Webster clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
How many miles North Webster commutes
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.
North Webster is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Webster is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place North Webster 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 434 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). 0.8% of North Webster households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of North Webster’s commuters take a bus or train.
How North Webster ranks: 1,624th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,622 | Jackson NH | 1,082 | $118K | 16.9% | 4.2% | 10% | C |
| 1,623 | Bloominggrove Township OH | 1,297 | $61K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 1,624 | North Webster IN | 1,001 | $55K | 10.4% | 1.1% | 5% | C |
| 1,625 | Niles NY | 1,135 | $81K | 10.5% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,626 | Graham Township PA | 1,308 | $78K | 11.8% | 2.6% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 North Webster, 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 North Webster: questions
What is the median household income in North Webster?
$55,278 (±$13,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Webster?
10.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Webster?
19 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 Webster work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (12%, 10 mi), Goshen (10%, 19 mi), Syracuse (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Webster walkable?
North Webster is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Webster without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Webster, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Webster
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.