Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Stilesville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Stilesville has 34 jobs, and 138 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Stilesville itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (28%, 28 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Stilesville
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Stilesville on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The towns that employ Stilesville’s residents
Where Stilesville clocks in
28% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 53% of jobs based in Stilesville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stilesville, 2014 → 2024: 58 → 34. 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 Stilesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Stilesville takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stilesville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 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.
Stilesville’s commute, mile by mile
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 Stilesville: questions
What is the median household income in Stilesville?
$74,821 (±$16,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stilesville?
2.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stilesville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stilesville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (28%, 28 mi), Plainfield (13%, 15 mi), Danville (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stilesville 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 Stilesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stilesville
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.