Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Oldenburg has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Oldenburg has 113 jobs, against 314 working residents. Hardly any stay in Oldenburg for work; outside it, Batesville is the main destination (38%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Oldenburg, in brief
Out of Oldenburg to work: where people go
Where Oldenburg clocks in
38% 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.
Oldenburg by day and by night
On a workday 313 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Oldenburg on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Jobs in Oldenburg: what the 113 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oldenburg, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 113. 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 Oldenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Oldenburg: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oldenburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 commuters (the 14% 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.
Half of Oldenburg commutes less than 15 miles
About 21% 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 Oldenburg: questions
What is the median household income in Oldenburg?
$79,583 (±$22,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oldenburg?
18.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oldenburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oldenburg work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (38%, 3 mi), Greensburg (8%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oldenburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oldenburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oldenburg
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.