Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Pennville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Pennville report 30 jobs, and 217 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pennville itself; outside it, Portland draws the most (21%, 9 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Indiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pennville, in brief
Pennville is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Pennville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pennville has about 430 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pennville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Pennville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Pennville on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Time on the road from Pennville: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pennville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 3% 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.
Out of Pennville to work: where people go
Where Pennville clocks in
21% 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 Pennville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pennville, 2014 → 2024: 55 → 30. 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 Pennville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pennville’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
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 Pennville: questions
What is the median household income in Pennville?
$50,388 (±$8,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pennville?
19.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pennville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pennville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (21%, 9 mi), Greene Township (6%, 6 mi), Muncie (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pennville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pennville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pennville
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.