Most of Sharpsville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers have no commute at all; Indiana has 11%. There are 14 jobs in Sharpsville, and 247 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Sharpsville; the top destination outside it is Kokomo (28%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sharpsville in brief
Sharpsville is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Sharpsville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sharpsville has about 310 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sharpsville and Kokomo trade workers both ways
Kokomo is the top workplace for Sharpsville residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Sharpsville come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Sharpsville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Sharpsville on a workday
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Sharpsville on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 Sharpsville’s working residents head each day
Where Sharpsville clocks in
14% 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.
Sharpsville’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharpsville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 2% 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.
Jobs in Sharpsville: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharpsville, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 14. 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 Sharpsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Sharpsville goes to work
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 Sharpsville: questions
What is the median household income in Sharpsville?
$92,500 (±$34,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharpsville?
6.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharpsville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharpsville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kokomo (28%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (14%, 42 mi), Liberty Township (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sharpsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharpsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharpsville
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.