Most of Roachdale commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
1% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%). 87 jobs are based in Roachdale, and 376 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Roachdale itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (19%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Roachdale in brief
Roachdale’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Roachdale is Indianapolis, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (72) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Roachdale is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in Roachdale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roachdale has about 580 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Roachdale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 376 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Roachdale to work
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 many people are in Roachdale by day
On a workday 367 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Roachdale on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
From Roachdale, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roachdale workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 453 commuters (the 1% 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 towns that employ Roachdale’s residents
Where Roachdale clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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 Roachdale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roachdale, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 87. 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 Roachdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Roachdale: questions
What is the median household income in Roachdale?
$66,216 (±$9,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roachdale?
18.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roachdale?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roachdale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (19%, 35 mi), Greencastle (9%, 14 mi), Danville (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roachdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roachdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roachdale
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.