West Middleton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in West Middleton for work; outside it, Kokomo is the main destination (31%, 5 miles). Employers in West Middleton report 5 jobs, against 61 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 65% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in West Middleton by day
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in West Middleton on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from West Middleton ends
Where West Middleton clocks in
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Middleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in West Middleton
of West Middleton workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 65% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from West Middleton
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 West Middleton: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Middleton?
35.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in West Middleton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kokomo (31%, 5 mi), Russiaville (5%, 3 mi), Harrison Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around West Middleton 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 West Middleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Middleton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.