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Jobs & commute in Reddington

Most of Reddington commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Reddington has 7 jobs, and 26 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Reddington itself; outside it, Seymour draws the most (35%, 7 miles).

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

Day and night

Who works in Reddington, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

26live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday180
200live here− 26head out to work+ 7come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Reddington on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.27jobs 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 Reddington’s working residents head each day

Medora: 1 residents work here (4%)Seymour: 9 residents work here (35%)Greenfield: 1 residents work here (4%)Bloomington: 3 residents work here (12%)AndersonGreenwood: 1 residents work here (4%)Columbus: 3 residents work here (12%)Fort Wayne: 1 residents work here (4%)Redding Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Gibson TownshipJennings Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Vernon TownshipReddingtonRockford: 2 residents work here (8%)BroadlandsSeymourBloomingtonColumbusRockfordMedoraGreenfieldReddington
1
Seymour6.9 mi away
35%9
2
Bloomington37.8 mi away
12%3
3
Columbus12.5 mi away
12%3
4
Rockford4.4 mi away
8%2
5
Medora23.2 mi away
4%1
6
Greenfield52.3 mi away
4%1
7
Greenwood41.6 mi away
4%1
8
Fort Wayne146.3 mi away
4%1
9
Redding Township1.4 mi away
4%1
10
Jennings Township19.3 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
12%3
The top trips

Where Reddington 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

Jobs in Reddington: what the 7 are

Jobs based in ReddingtonJobs Reddington residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%35%
Trade, transport & utilities57%15%
Services: health, schools, offices43%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less57%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%31%
Over $3,333 a month43%46%

Who does it

29 or younger14%38%
30 to 5429%46%
55 and older57%15%
−13%

Jobs based in Reddington, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 7. 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 Reddington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 48 minutes each way for Reddington’s commuters

A year of commuting
371 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Reddington48 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Reddington gets to work
48%Drive alone
52%Carpool

Share of the 77 commuters (the 0% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Reddington

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSeymour: 35% · 6.9 miBloomington: 12% · 37.8 miColumbus: 12% · 12.5 miRockford: 8% · 4.4 miMedora: 4% · 23.2 miGreenfield: 4% · 52.3 miGreenwood: 4% · 41.6 miFort Wayne: 4% · 146.3 miRedding Township: 4% · 1.4 miJennings Township: 4% · 19.3 miSeymour 35%Bloomington 12%Columbus 12%Medora 4%Reddington
ReddingtonTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi13 residents
19%10–24 mi5 residents
15%25–50 mi4 residents
15%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 15% 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 Reddington: questions

What is the poverty rate in Reddington?

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

How long is the commute from Reddington?

48 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Reddington work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (35%, 7 mi), Bloomington (12%, 38 mi), Columbus (12%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Reddington 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 Reddington, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Reddington

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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.