Most of Parkers Settlement commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Parkers Settlement itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (41%, 10 miles). There are 37 jobs in Parkers Settlement, and 330 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Parkers Settlement: the figures worth knowing
Parkers Settlement and Evansville trade workers both ways
Evansville is the top workplace for Parkers Settlement residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Parkers Settlement come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Parkers Settlement is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Parkers Settlement, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Parkers Settlement has about 310 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Parkers Settlement’s residents
Where Parkers Settlement clocks in
41% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Parkers Settlement
On a workday 328 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Parkers Settlement on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
The kinds of work in Parkers Settlement
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkers Settlement, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 37. 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 Parkers Settlement’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Parkers Settlement spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkers Settlement workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far it is to work from Parkers Settlement
About 16% 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 Parkers Settlement: questions
What is the median household income in Parkers Settlement?
$91,563 (±$31,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkers Settlement?
7.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkers Settlement?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkers Settlement work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (41%, 10 mi), Poseyville (6%, 10 mi), Black Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parkers Settlement 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 Parkers Settlement, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkers Settlement
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.