Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhere Poseyville earns its living
Only 4% stay in Poseyville for work; outside it, Evansville is the main destination (38%, 18 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. Employers in Poseyville report 483 jobs, against 425 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Poseyville
Commuting out of Poseyville: the destinations
Where Poseyville clocks in
38% of workers
4% 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.
Who commutes out of Poseyville, and who commutes in
On a workday 406 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Poseyville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poseyville, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 483. 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 Poseyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Poseyville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poseyville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 598 commuters (the 6% 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.
The distance from Poseyville to work
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 Poseyville: questions
What is the median household income in Poseyville?
$62,500 (±$17,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poseyville?
6.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poseyville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poseyville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (38%, 18 mi), Patoka Township (4%, 16 mi), Black Township (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Poseyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Poseyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poseyville
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.