With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Scott works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Scott; the top destination outside it is York Township (17%, 8 miles). Scott has 6 jobs; 60 of its residents have a job. 49% of workers have no commute at all, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Scott, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in Scott on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The places Scott commutes to
Where Scott 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.
In Scott, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
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 Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Scott
of Scott workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 49% 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 Scott goes to work
About 22% 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 Scott: questions
What is the median household income in Scott?
$72,750 (±$30,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott?
17.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Scott work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York Township (17%, 8 mi), Middlebury (12%, 9 mi), Shipshewana (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scott without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scott, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scott
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.