Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainWest Point has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in West Point for work; outside it, Lafayette is the main destination (39%, 10 miles). There are 35 jobs in West Point for 66 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of West Point
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in West Point on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where the trip to work from West Point ends
Where West Point clocks in
29% 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.
West Point works in goods: 51% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 35. 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 West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in West Point
of West Point workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from West Point, by distance
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 West Point: questions
What is the median household income in West Point?
$125,409 (±$6,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Point?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in West Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (39%, 10 mi), West Lafayette (29%, 9 mi), Shadeland (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Point 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 Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Point
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.