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Jobs & commute in Roll

Work, pay and getting to work in Roll

Hardly any work in Roll itself; outside it, Licking Township draws the most (29%, 9 miles). At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%). The Census job records count 7 working residents of Roll and no jobs based in it.

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

Day and night

How a workday changes Roll

On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday160
170live here− 7head out to work+ 0come in to work= 160on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 Roll ends

Ossian: 1 residents work here (14%)Bluffton: 1 residents work here (14%)West Lafayette: 1 residents work here (14%)White River Township: 1 residents work here (14%)Licking Township: 2 residents work here (29%)Indianapolis: 1 residents work here (14%)RollLicking TownshipOssianBlufftonWest LafayetteWhite River TownshipIndianapolisRoll
1
Licking Township8.7 mi away
29%2
2
Ossian25.3 mi away
14%1
3
Bluffton17.5 mi away
14%1
4
West Lafayette80.8 mi away
14%1
514%1
6
Indianapolis66.7 mi away
14%1
The top trips

Where Roll 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Roll

Working from home
28%

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

About 3 in 10
How Roll gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 83 commuters (the 28% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Roll

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLicking Township: 29% · 8.7 miOssian: 14% · 25.3 miBluffton: 14% · 17.5 miWest Lafayette: 14% · 80.8 miWhite River Township: 14% · 33.7 miIndianapolis: 14% · 66.7 miLicking Township 29%Ossian 14%Bluffton 14%West Lafayette 14%White River Township 14%Roll
RollTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi2 residents
29%10–24 mi2 residents
14%25–50 mi1 residents
29%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 29% 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 Roll: questions

What is the poverty rate in Roll?

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

Where do people who live in Roll work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Licking Township (29%, 9 mi), Ossian (14%, 25 mi), Bluffton (14%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Roll

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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.