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Jobs & commute in Rob Roy

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

1 jobs are based in Rob Roy, and 53 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Rob Roy for work; outside it, Attica is the main destination (28%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.

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

Day and night

A workday in Rob Roy: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

53live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday130
180live here− 53head out to work+ 1come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Rob Roy on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs 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 the trip to work from Rob Roy ends

Danville: 1 residents work here (2%)HillsboroNewtown: 1 residents work here (2%)Morocco: 1 residents work here (2%)Williamsport: 3 residents work here (6%)Covington: 1 residents work here (2%)Attica: 15 residents work here (28%)Crawfordsville: 2 residents work here (4%)West Lafayette: 2 residents work here (4%)Lafayette: 8 residents work here (15%)Indianapolis: 5 residents work here (9%)Rob RoyAtticaLafayetteIndianapolisWilliamsportCrawfordsvilleWest LafayetteRob Roy
1
Attica3.2 mi away
28%15
2
Lafayette23 mi away
15%8
3
Indianapolis66.5 mi away
9%5
4
Williamsport4 mi away
6%3
5
Crawfordsville23.1 mi away
4%2
6
West Lafayette22.1 mi away
4%2
7
Danville, IL20.3 mi away
2%1
8
Newtown5.8 mi away
2%1
9
Morocco49.7 mi away
2%1
10
Covington10.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%14
The top trips

Where Rob Roy 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

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Rob RoyJobs Rob Roy residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%36%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices100%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%25%
Over $3,333 a month0%66%

Who does it

29 or younger0%28%
30 to 540%53%
55 and older100%19%
−80%

Jobs based in Rob Roy, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Rob Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rob Roy

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Rob Roy gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 109 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

Miles to work from Rob Roy

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miAttica: 28% · 3.2 miLafayette: 15% · 23 miIndianapolis: 9% · 66.5 miWilliamsport: 6% · 4 miCrawfordsville: 4% · 23.1 miWest Lafayette: 4% · 22.1 miDanville: 2% · 20.3 miNewtown: 2% · 5.8 miMorocco: 2% · 49.7 miCovington: 2% · 10.3 miAttica 28%Lafayette 15%Indianapolis 9%Williamsport 6%Crawfordsville 4%Rob Roy
Rob RoyTop destinations (size = commuters)
40%Under 10 mi21 residents
28%10–24 mi15 residents
6%25–50 mi3 residents
26%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 26% 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 Rob Roy: questions

What is the median household income in Rob Roy?

$88,643 (±$18,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rob Roy?

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

Where do people who live in Rob Roy work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Attica (28%, 3 mi), Lafayette (15%, 23 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Rob Roy

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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.