Schaefer Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Employers in Schaefer Lake report 2 jobs; 86 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Schaefer Lake for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (40%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 27% 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
The daily flow of workers through Schaefer Lake
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Schaefer Lake on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Schaefer Lake goes to work
Where Schaefer Lake clocks in
40% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Schaefer Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schaefer Lake, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 2. 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 Schaefer Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Schaefer Lake
of Schaefer Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 27% 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.
Half of Schaefer Lake commutes less than 11 miles
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 Schaefer Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Schaefer Lake?
$130,721 (±$60,118) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schaefer Lake?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Schaefer Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (40%, 11 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 40 mi), Greensburg (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Schaefer Lake 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 Schaefer Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schaefer Lake
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.