Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Redkey have lower incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Redkey grades D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The poverty rate is 34.6%; Indiana has 12.3%. Only 3% stay in Redkey for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (17%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Redkey: the figures worth knowing
Redkey and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Redkey residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Redkey come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Redkey is a place people come home to
There are 109 jobs based in Redkey, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redkey has about 720 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 460 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Redkey
On income, poverty and job access, Redkey is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Redkey’s grade up (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Redkey’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Redkey could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The towns that employ Redkey’s residents
Where Redkey clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Redkey on a workday afternoon
On a workday 447 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Redkey on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Redkey
About 30% 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 work there is in Redkey: 109 jobs
109 jobs are based in Redkey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redkey, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 109. 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 Redkey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Redkey: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redkey workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 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 commute in Redkey is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redkey is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 378 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Redkey households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Redkey’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, and where Redkey sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,824 | West Mahoning Township PA | 1,309 | $55K | 30.5% | 4.2% | <1% | D− |
| 2,825 | Saucier MS | 1,014 | $50K | 31.8% | 7.8% | 1% | D− |
| 2,826 | Redkey IN | 1,071 | $43K | 34.6% | 5.5% | 3% | D− |
| 2,827 | Greenwood Township MI | 1,132 | $55K | 20.7% | 12.0% | <1% | D− |
| 2,828 | Butler Township OH | 1,296 | $51K | 28.0% | 0.0% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Redkey, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Redkey: questions
What is the median household income in Redkey?
$42,986 (±$15,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redkey?
34.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redkey?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redkey work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (17%, 11 mi), Muncie (9%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redkey walkable?
Redkey is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redkey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redkey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redkey
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.