Benjamin Schenck Mansion · Photo: Josh South · Public domainVevay has lower household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Vevay D; getting around on foot earns it B+. 13.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Indiana has 12.3%. About one in ten work in Vevay itself; outside it, York Township draws the most (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Vevay: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Vevay
57% of Vevay residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Vevay pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Vevay pay little
30% of the jobs based in Vevay pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Vevay than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Vevay fell from 703 in 2013 to 516 in 2023, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 836 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Vevay
On income, poverty and job access, Vevay is better than 9% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Vevay’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($45,962, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.2%) is left out: Vevay’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Vevay could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Vevay is a services town
516 jobs are based in Vevay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vevay, 2013 → 2023: 703 → 516. 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 Vevay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Vevay
On a workday 743 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Vevay on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.62 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 towns that employ Vevay’s residents
Where Vevay clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
Commuting from Vevay: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vevay workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 585 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Vevay
About 27% 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.
Driving is how Vevay gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vevay is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 625 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.4% of Vevay households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vevay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vevay places 5,198th of 6,085 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,196 | Buna TX | 2,249 | $55K | 28.0% | 8.9% | 13% | D |
| 5,197 | Midland City AL | 2,298 | $28K | 30.6% | 0.9% | 3% | D |
| 5,198 | Vevay IN | 1,760 | $46K | 13.6% | 9.2% | 11% | D |
| 5,199 | Yale MI | 1,873 | $53K | 18.0% | 16.1% | 9% | D |
| 5,200 | Bourbon MO | 1,544 | $54K | 20.6% | 4.7% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Vevay, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Vevay: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vevay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vevay | – | D | B+ | 26 min | $45,962 |
| Jefferson Township | 2% | C− | B | 30 min | $58,929 |
| Craig Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Craig Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vevay’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Vevay: questions
What is the median household income in Vevay?
$45,962 (±$14,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vevay?
13.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vevay?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vevay work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York Township (8%, 9 mi), Madison (7%, 17 mi), Indianapolis (4%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vevay walkable?
Vevay is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vevay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vevay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vevay
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.