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Jobs & commute in Toad Hop

For more than half of its working residents, Toad Hop is a commute to Terre Haute

7 jobs are based in Toad Hop for 31 working residents. Hardly any stay in Toad Hop for work; outside it, Terre Haute is the main destination (52%, 5 miles). For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Indiana.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Toad Hop by day

On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

31live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night260
Workday230
260live here− 31head out to work+ 7come in to work= 230on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

The commute map

Out of Toad Hop to work: where people go

Paris: 1 residents work here (3%)OlneyWest Terre Haute: 1 residents work here (3%)BloomingtonTerre Haute: 16 residents work here (52%)Elkhart: 1 residents work here (3%)Evansville: 1 residents work here (3%)Patoka Township: 1 residents work here (3%)Honey Creek Township: 2 residents work here (6%)Linton Township: 3 residents work here (10%)Dick Johnson TownshipIndian Creek Township: 1 residents work here (3%)Sugar Creek TownshipTaylor TownshipIndianapolis: 3 residents work here (10%)Toad HopTerre HauteLinton TownshipIndianapolisHoney Creek TownshipParisWest Terre HauteToad Hop
1
Terre Haute4.7 mi away
52%16
2
Linton Township10.8 mi away
10%3
3
Indianapolis73.6 mi away
10%3
46%2
5
Paris, IL16.2 mi away
3%1
6
West Terre Haute0.8 mi away
3%1
7
Elkhart173.3 mi away
3%1
8
Evansville101.7 mi away
3%1
9
Patoka Township76.9 mi away
3%1
103%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
3%1
The top trips

Where Toad Hop clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Toad Hop

Jobs based in Toad HopJobs Toad Hop residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms43%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%13%
Services: health, schools, offices57%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%23%
Over $3,333 a month86%58%

Who does it

29 or younger43%23%
30 to 5414%45%
55 and older43%32%
+17%

Jobs based in Toad Hop, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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 Toad Hop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Toad Hop

Working from home
6%

of Toad Hop workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Toad Hop gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 98 commuters (the 6% 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.

How far

Half of Toad Hop commutes less than 5 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTerre Haute: 52% · 4.7 miLinton Township: 10% · 10.8 miIndianapolis: 10% · 73.6 miHoney Creek Township: 6% · 5.4 miParis: 3% · 16.2 miWest Terre Haute: 3% · 0.8 miElkhart: 3% · 173.3 miEvansville: 3% · 101.7 miPatoka Township: 3% · 76.9 miIndian Creek Township: 3% · 61.7 miTerre Haute 52%Linton Township 10%Indianapolis 10%Honey Creek Township 6%Paris 3%Toad Hop
Toad HopTop destinations (size = commuters)
71%Under 10 mi22 residents
3%10–24 mi1 residents
3%25–50 mi1 residents
23%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 23% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Toad Hop: questions

What is the median household income in Toad Hop?

$90,938 (±$12,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Toad Hop?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Toad Hop work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Toad Hop 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 Toad Hop, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Toad Hop

Toad Hop home →

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.