Photo: Al Hart · Public domainWaynetown has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%). Waynetown has 41 jobs for 399 working residents. Hardly any work in Waynetown; the top destination outside it is Crawfordsville (36%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Waynetown apart
Waynetown is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Waynetown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Waynetown has about 620 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Waynetown works in Crawfordsville
143 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Crawfordsville, 9.4 miles away. That’s 36 times as many as work in Waynetown itself. The commute map ↓
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 399 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Waynetown on a workday afternoon
On a workday 397 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Waynetown on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Out of Waynetown to work: where people go
Where Waynetown clocks in
36% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Waynetown: what the 41 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waynetown, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 41. 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 Waynetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Waynetown’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waynetown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 commuters (the 3% 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.
Waynetown’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 Waynetown: questions
What is the median household income in Waynetown?
$60,583 (±$5,755) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waynetown?
16.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waynetown?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waynetown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crawfordsville (36%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 53 mi), Lafayette (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waynetown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waynetown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waynetown
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.