Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0Westville has lower household incomes than 73% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 11.4% of residents, next to 12.3% across Indiana. Jobs and income earn Westville B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 5% work in Westville; the top destination outside it is Michigan City (9%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Westville
Where Westville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Westville is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #352 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Westville’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($60,794, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Westville could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In and out of Westville on a workday
On a workday 1,291 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 1,234 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
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 Westville goes to work
Where Westville clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Westville pay over $3,333 a month
1,305 jobs are based in Westville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westville, 2014 → 2024: 1,473 → 1,305. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Westville, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 892 commuters (the 7% 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 Westville
About 25% 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.
Getting around Westville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Westville is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #362 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 961 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Westville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Westville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300, Westville ranks 2,038th of 3,541 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 88 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,036 | Jena LA | 4,229 | $72K | 11.3% | 1.6% | 30% | B− |
| 2,037 | Hamilton NY | 6,348 | $75K | 7.4% | 4.2% | 37% | B− |
| 2,038 | Westville IN | 5,387 | $61K | 11.4% | 3.7% | 5% | B− |
| 2,039 | Whitesboro TX | 4,188 | $70K | 16.5% | 2.2% | 13% | B− |
| 2,040 | Orchard Homes MT | 5,588 | $65K | 8.7% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Westville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Westville: questions
What is the median household income in Westville?
$60,794 (±$3,050) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westville?
11.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Michigan City (9%, 12 mi), La Porte (7%, 11 mi), Valparaiso (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Westville walkable?
Westville is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Westville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westville
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. 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.