With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Reynolds works elsewhere
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Reynolds has 54 jobs; 289 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Reynolds itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (18%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Reynolds: the figures worth knowing
Reynolds is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Reynolds, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reynolds has about 300 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Reynolds’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Reynolds is Lafayette, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (51) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Reynolds: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Reynolds on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Reynolds commutes
About 25% 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.
Commuting out of Reynolds: the destinations
Where Reynolds clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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 Reynolds’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reynolds, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 54. 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 Reynolds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Reynolds’ commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reynolds workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 12% 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.
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 Reynolds: questions
What is the median household income in Reynolds?
$58,750 (±$18,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reynolds?
5.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reynolds?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reynolds work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (18%, 24 mi), Monticello (16%, 6 mi), West Lafayette (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reynolds without a car?
1% 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 Reynolds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reynolds
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.