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Jobs & commute in Pierceville

Pierceville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Pierceville has 3 jobs; 39 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Pierceville itself; outside it, Versailles draws the most (10%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Pierceville on a workday afternoon

On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

39live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night43
Workday7
43live here− 39head out to work+ 3come in to work= 7on a workday

About 7 people are in Pierceville on a workday afternoon, 84% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Pierceville ends

Sunman: 1 residents work here (3%)Versailles: 4 residents work here (10%)Aurora: 1 residents work here (3%)Batesville: 4 residents work here (10%)North Vernon: 1 residents work here (3%)Greensburg: 3 residents work here (8%)Columbus: 1 residents work here (3%)Owensboro: 2 residents work here (5%)Cincinnati: 2 residents work here (5%)Franklin TownshipShelby TownshipIndianapolis: 2 residents work here (5%)PiercevilleCountry Squire LakesVersaillesBatesvilleGreensburgOwensboroCincinnatiIndianapolisPierceville
1
Versailles6.4 mi away
10%4
2
Batesville11.5 mi away
10%4
3
Greensburg22.9 mi away
8%3
4
Owensboro, KY141.6 mi away
5%2
5
Cincinnati, OH36.1 mi away
5%2
6
Indianapolis68.2 mi away
5%2
7
Sunman8.5 mi away
3%1
8
Aurora15.2 mi away
3%1
9
North Vernon25.6 mi away
3%1
10
Columbus40.1 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%18
The top trips

Where Pierceville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Pierceville

Jobs based in PiercevilleJobs Pierceville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices0%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%28%
Over $3,333 a month33%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%33%
30 to 54100%46%
55 and older0%21%
+200%

Jobs based in Pierceville, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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 Pierceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Pierceville

Working from home
100%

of Pierceville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 10 in 10

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The commute from Pierceville, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miVersailles: 10% · 6.4 miBatesville: 10% · 11.5 miGreensburg: 8% · 22.9 miOwensboro: 5% · 141.6 miCincinnati: 5% · 36.1 miIndianapolis: 5% · 68.2 miSunman: 3% · 8.5 miAurora: 3% · 15.2 miNorth Vernon: 3% · 25.6 miColumbus: 3% · 40.1 miVersailles 10%Batesville 10%Greensburg 8%Owensboro 5%Cincinnati 5%Pierceville
PiercevilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi7 residents
29%10–24 mi10 residents
34%25–50 mi12 residents
17%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 17% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pierceville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Pierceville?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Pierceville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Versailles (10%, 6 mi), Batesville (10%, 12 mi), Greensburg (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Pierceville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Pierceville

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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.