With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Roselawn works elsewhere
Only 4% stay in Roselawn for work; outside it, Crown Point is the main destination (4%, 18 miles). Employers in Roselawn report 475 jobs; 1,537 of its residents have a job. Roselawn grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Roselawn and work: the main findings
Roselawn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Roselawn
55% of Roselawn residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Roselawn pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Roselawn pay little
28% of the jobs based in Roselawn pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Roselawn empties out on a workday
About 2,400 people are in Roselawn on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 3,400 who live here: 1,500 head out to work and 420 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Roselawn
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roselawn is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #225 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Roselawn’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roselawn could be anywhere from C− to A.
The trip to work from Roselawn: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roselawn workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,177 commuters (the 4% 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.
What Roselawn’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roselawn, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 475. 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 Roselawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Roselawn by day and by night
On a workday 1,482 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 420 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Roselawn on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where Roselawn goes to work
Where Roselawn clocks in
4% 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.
The commute from Roselawn, by distance
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Roselawn gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roselawn is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #172 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,224 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). 2.6% of Roselawn households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Roselawn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roselawn places 1,633rd of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,631 | St. Paul NE | 2,416 | $62K | 3.9% | 1.0% | 20% | B |
| 1,632 | Fayette NY | 3,583 | $78K | 9.8% | 1.4% | 8% | B |
| 1,633 | Roselawn IN | 3,417 | $76K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,634 | La Cienega NM | 3,543 | $85K | 10.0% | 1.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,635 | Ballville OH | 3,929 | $85K | 5.0% | 5.5% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Roselawn, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Roselawn
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roselawn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roselawn | – | B | B | 40 min | $75,506 |
| Keener Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 31 min | $74,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roselawn’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 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 Roselawn: questions
What is the median household income in Roselawn?
$75,506 (±$26,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roselawn?
7.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roselawn?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roselawn work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crown Point (4%, 18 mi), DeMotte (4%, 6 mi), Colfax Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roselawn walkable?
Roselawn is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roselawn without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roselawn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roselawn
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. 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.