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Jobs & commute in Riverwood

Riverwood has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Working from home is the commute for 58% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Employers in Riverwood report 2 jobs for 143 working residents. Hardly any work in Riverwood; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (31%, 24 miles).

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

2 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 143 working residents
Work from home
58%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who works in Riverwood, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 143 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

143live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night87
Workday0
87live here− 140head out to work+ 2come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Riverwood on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs 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

Out of Riverwood to work: where people go

Greenfield: 4 residents work here (3%)Lawrence: 3 residents work here (2%)Fishers: 11 residents work here (8%)Anderson: 6 residents work here (4%)Kokomo: 3 residents work here (2%)Noblesville: 15 residents work here (10%)Lafayette: 3 residents work here (2%)Westfield: 7 residents work here (5%)Carmel: 9 residents work here (6%)Jackson TownshipIndianapolis: 44 residents work here (31%)RiverwoodIndianapolisNoblesvilleFishersCarmelWestfieldAndersonRiverwood
1
Indianapolis24.3 mi away
31%44
2
Noblesville4.9 mi away
10%15
3
Fishers9.6 mi away
8%11
4
Carmel13.4 mi away
6%9
5
Westfield10.8 mi away
5%7
6
Anderson14.7 mi away
4%6
7
Greenfield23.6 mi away
3%4
8
Lawrence16.3 mi away
2%3
9
Kokomo26.5 mi away
2%3
10
Lafayette51.5 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%38
The top trips

Where Riverwood clocks in

31% of workers
24.3 mi awayIndianapolis44 Riverwood residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10%Noblesville
10% of workers
4.9 mi awayNoblesville15 Riverwood residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
9.6 mi awayFishers11 Riverwood residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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 Riverwood: what the 2 are

Jobs based in RiverwoodJobs Riverwood residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities100%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%17%
Over $3,333 a month0%70%

Who does it

29 or younger0%26%
30 to 54100%48%
55 and older0%27%
−60%

Jobs based in Riverwood, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 2. 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 Riverwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Riverwood

Working from home
58%

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

About 6 in 10
How Riverwood gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 20 commuters (the 58% 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

How many miles Riverwood commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miIndianapolis: 31% · 24.3 miNoblesville: 10% · 4.9 miFishers: 8% · 9.6 miCarmel: 6% · 13.4 miWestfield: 5% · 10.8 miAnderson: 4% · 14.7 miGreenfield: 3% · 23.6 miLawrence: 2% · 16.3 miKokomo: 2% · 26.5 miLafayette: 2% · 51.5 miIndianapolis 31%Noblesville 10%Fishers 8%Westfield 5%Riverwood
RiverwoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi33 residents
54%10–24 mi77 residents
14%25–50 mi20 residents
9%Over 50 mi13 residents

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 Riverwood: questions

What is the poverty rate in Riverwood?

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

Where do people who live in Riverwood work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (31%, 24 mi), Noblesville (10%, 5 mi), Fishers (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Riverwood without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 42% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Riverwood

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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.