Royerton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Royerton has 19 jobs; 158 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Royerton for work; outside it, Muncie is the main destination (41%, 5 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Royerton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Royerton on a workday afternoon, 47% 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 people from Royerton work
Where Royerton clocks in
41% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 89% of work in Royerton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Royerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Royerton
of Royerton workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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.
Where in the region Royerton works
About 19% 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.
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 Royerton: questions
What is the median household income in Royerton?
$135,068 (±$132,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royerton?
16.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Royerton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (41%, 5 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 53 mi), Hamilton Township (6%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Royerton 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 Royerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royerton
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.