Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Shamrock Lakes commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 19 jobs in Shamrock Lakes; 72 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Shamrock Lakes for work; outside it, Muncie is the main destination (11%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Shamrock Lakes: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Shamrock Lakes on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Shamrock Lakes’ working residents head each day
Where Shamrock Lakes clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
Shamrock Lakes is a services town
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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shamrock Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Shamrock Lakes: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shamrock Lakes workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 112 commuters (the 10% 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 Shamrock Lakes 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 2024.
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 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 Shamrock Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Shamrock Lakes?
$93,125 (±$16,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shamrock Lakes?
3.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shamrock Lakes?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shamrock Lakes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (11%, 15 mi), Marion (10%, 16 mi), Hartford City (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Shamrock Lakes 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 Shamrock Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shamrock Lakes
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.