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Jobs & commute in Vallonia

Most of Vallonia commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Vallonia report 14 jobs; 138 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Vallonia itself; outside it, Seymour draws the most (20%, 13 miles).

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

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Vallonia

On a workday 138 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

138live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night410
Workday290
410live here− 140head out to work+ 14come in to work= 290on a workday

About 290 people are in Vallonia on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Where Vallonia’s working residents head each day

Medora: 7 residents work here (5%)Brownstown: 16 residents work here (12%)Salem: 3 residents work here (2%)Scottsburg: 3 residents work here (2%)North Vernon: 2 residents work here (1%)Seymour: 28 residents work here (20%)Columbus: 13 residents work here (9%)Redding TownshipCarr TownshipPershing TownshipMarshall TownshipBrownstown Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Hamilton Township: 5 residents work here (4%)Vernon TownshipIndianapolis: 14 residents work here (10%)ValloniaSeymourBrownstownIndianapolisColumbusMedoraHamilton TownshipVallonia
1
Seymour13.3 mi away
20%28
2
Brownstown3.5 mi away
12%16
3
Indianapolis64.3 mi away
10%14
4
Columbus26.6 mi away
9%13
5
Medora4.1 mi away
5%7
64%5
7
Salem16.9 mi away
2%3
8
Scottsburg20.6 mi away
2%3
92%3
10
North Vernon27.8 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%44
The top trips

Where Vallonia 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

Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in Vallonia

Jobs based in ValloniaJobs Vallonia residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%33%
Trade, transport & utilities36%17%
Services: health, schools, offices14%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%28%
Over $3,333 a month57%61%

Who does it

29 or younger14%20%
30 to 5429%51%
55 and older57%28%
+180%

Jobs based in Vallonia, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 14. 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 Vallonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Vallonia takes about 35 minutes

A year of commuting
267 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Vallonia35 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

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

About 1 in 10
How Vallonia gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 281 commuters (the 7% 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

How far it is to work from Vallonia

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miSeymour: 20% · 13.3 miBrownstown: 12% · 3.5 miIndianapolis: 10% · 64.3 miColumbus: 9% · 26.6 miMedora: 5% · 4.1 miHamilton Township: 4% · 11 miSalem: 2% · 16.9 miScottsburg: 2% · 20.6 miBrownstown Township: 2% · 4.2 miNorth Vernon: 1% · 27.8 miSeymour 20%Brownstown 12%Indianapolis 10%Columbus 9%Medora 5%Vallonia
ValloniaTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi34 residents
34%10–24 mi47 residents
19%25–50 mi26 residents
22%Over 50 mi31 residents

About 22% 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 Vallonia: questions

What is the median household income in Vallonia?

$82,902 (±$13,895) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Vallonia?

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

How long is the commute from Vallonia?

35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Vallonia work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (20%, 13 mi), Brownstown (12%, 4 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Vallonia

Vallonia 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.