Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Jasper draws about half of St. Anthony’s working residents
Working residents average 16 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in St. Anthony itself; outside it, Jasper draws the most (46%, 8 miles). St. Anthony has 99 jobs for 48 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. Anthony on a workday afternoon
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in St. Anthony on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
2.1 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where St. Anthony’s workers come from
Where St. Anthony clocks in
46% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
37% of the jobs in St. Anthony make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Anthony, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 99. 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 St. Anthony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from St. Anthony: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Anthony workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 14% 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.
St. Anthony’s commute, mile by mile
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 St. Anthony: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Anthony?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Anthony?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Anthony work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around St. Anthony 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 St. Anthony, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Anthony
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.