Waldron has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 2% stay in Waldron for work; outside it, Shelbyville is the main destination (26%, 9 miles). 193 jobs are based in Waldron, and 389 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Waldron at work: what stands out
Waldron and Shelbyville trade workers both ways
Shelbyville is the top workplace for Waldron residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Waldron come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Waldron workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Waldron goes to work
Where Waldron clocks in
26% of workers
20% of workers
6% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Waldron
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waldron workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 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.
A workday in Waldron: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 383 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Waldron on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Waldron
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waldron, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 193. 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 Waldron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Waldron to work
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 Waldron: questions
What is the median household income in Waldron?
$80,441 (±$30,428) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waldron?
7.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waldron?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waldron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelbyville (26%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (20%, 34 mi), Franklin (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waldron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waldron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waldron
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.