With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Stockwell works elsewhere
Stockwell has 16 jobs for 220 working residents. Only 1% work in Stockwell; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (43%, 9 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stockwell at work: what stands out
Stockwell is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Stockwell, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stockwell has about 82 people in it, 71% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
43% of Stockwell works in Lafayette
95 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Lafayette, 9.1 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Stockwell itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Stockwell are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 220 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Stockwell
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Stockwell on a workday afternoon, 71% 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.
The places Stockwell commutes to
Where Stockwell clocks in
10% 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.
From Stockwell, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockwell workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 commuters (the 0% 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 Stockwell: what the 16 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockwell, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 16. 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 Stockwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stockwell
About 15% 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 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 Stockwell: questions
What is the median household income in Stockwell?
$60,988 (±$12,711) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockwell?
11.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockwell?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stockwell work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (43%, 9 mi), West Lafayette (10%, 13 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stockwell 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 Stockwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockwell
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.