Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Scottsburg trail those of 97% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Scottsburg itself; outside it, Jeffersonville draws the most (7%, 24 miles). Below the poverty line: 23.4% of residents, next to 12.3% across Indiana. Scottsburg grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Scottsburg
The figures behind Scottsburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scottsburg is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #506 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Scottsburg’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($38,578, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scottsburg could be anywhere from D to B−.
A workday in Scottsburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,325 residents head out to work, 695 work right here, and 4,008 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,200 people are in Scottsburg on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Scottsburg’s workforce comes from
Where Scottsburg clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Scottsburg: 4,703 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scottsburg, 2014 → 2024: 4,829 → 4,703. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scottsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Scottsburg takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scottsburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,785 commuters (the 5% 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 Scottsburg works
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Scottsburg start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scottsburg is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #200 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,917 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). 4.9% of Scottsburg households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scottsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Scottsburg is 2,536th among 3,125 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,534 | Slaton TX | 5,684 | $57K | 15.7% | 6.7% | 12% | C− |
| 2,535 | Harter Township IL | 5,912 | $53K | 16.2% | 3.4% | 21% | C− |
| 2,536 | Scottsburg IN | 7,478 | $39K | 23.4% | 4.2% | 23% | C− |
| 2,537 | Sidney NE | 6,432 | $55K | 16.2% | 3.1% | 55% | C− |
| 2,538 | Collinsville VA | 7,139 | $52K | 16.3% | 4.7% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,125 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Scottsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Scottsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Scottsburg?
$38,578 (±$14,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scottsburg?
23.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scottsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scottsburg work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jeffersonville (7%, 24 mi), Indianapolis (5%, 78 mi), New Albany (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Scottsburg walkable?
Scottsburg is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scottsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scottsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scottsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.