Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Rockport earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 13.3% of residents, next to 12.3% for Indiana as a whole. Jobs and income earn Rockport C−; getting around on foot earns it A−. About one in ten stay in Rockport for work; outside it, Evansville is the main destination (15%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rockport
Rockport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rockport is Evansville, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (129) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Rockport than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rockport fell from 955 in 2014 to 690 in 2024, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 875 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Rockport’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Rockport is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Rockport’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,889, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Rockport’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, Rockport could be anywhere from C− to C+.
How far Rockport’s workers travel
About 18% 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 2024.
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 Rockport: 690 jobs
690 jobs are based in Rockport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockport, 2014 → 2024: 955 → 690. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Rockport
On a workday 778 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 593 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rockport goes to work
Where Rockport clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Rockport: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockport workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 893 commuters (the 5% 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.
Rockport is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rockport is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 936 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). 9.6% of Rockport households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rockport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Rockport comes 3,749th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,747 | Winsor Township MI | 1,890 | $64K | 9.6% | 5.5% | 31% | C− |
| 3,748 | Cowarts AL | 2,064 | $64K | 18.5% | 4.6% | 4% | C− |
| 3,749 | Rockport IN | 1,966 | $49K | 13.3% | 3.2% | 11% | C− |
| 3,750 | Helt Township IN | 2,483 | $61K | 10.5% | 5.7% | 4% | C− |
| 3,751 | Union Township IN | 2,553 | $67K | 11.5% | 8.2% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Rockport, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Rockport and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ohio Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rockport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockport | – | C− | A− | 24 min | $48,889 |
| Ohio Township | 4% | B | B | 24 min | $76,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rockport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Rockport: questions
What is the median household income in Rockport?
$48,889 (±$7,919) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockport?
13.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockport?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockport work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (15%, 27 mi), Owensboro (9%, 10 mi), Ohio Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rockport walkable?
Rockport is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rockport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.