With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Painted Hills works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Painted Hills for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (26%, 28 miles). Employers in Painted Hills report 45 jobs, and 313 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 47% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Painted Hills, in a few figures
Home offices are common in Painted Hills
47% of Painted Hills workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
Painted Hills’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Painted Hills is Indianapolis, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (81) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Painted Hills is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Painted Hills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Painted Hills has about 680 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Painted Hills: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Painted Hills workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 47% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Painted Hills
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Painted Hills
On a workday 311 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Painted Hills on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting out of Painted Hills: the destinations
Where Painted Hills clocks in
26% of workers
9% 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.
What Painted Hills’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Painted Hills, 2014 → 2024: 28 → 45. 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 Painted Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Painted Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Painted Hills?
$93,838 (±$40,051) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Painted Hills?
4.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Painted Hills?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 47% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Painted Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (26%, 28 mi), Franklin (9%, 17 mi), Martinsville (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Painted Hills 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 Painted Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Painted Hills
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.