St. Omer has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in St. Omer report 19 jobs, against 60 working residents. Hardly any work in St. Omer; the top destination outside it is Greensburg (20%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 47% of workers, 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
St. Omer by day and by night
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in St. Omer on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Out of St. Omer to work: where people go
Where St. Omer clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
In St. Omer, services account for most jobs
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 St. Omer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in St. Omer
of St. Omer workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 47% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from St. Omer
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. Omer: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Omer?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Omer work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensburg (20%, 8 mi), Indianapolis (12%, 38 mi), Shelbyville (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Omer 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. Omer, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Omer
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.