Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Worthington earn less than those in 91% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Worthington is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (B+). Below the poverty line: 23.8% of residents (Indiana 12.3%). Only 5% stay in Worthington for work; outside it, Bloomington is the main destination (11%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Worthington, in brief
Worthington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Worthington is Bloomington, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (63) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Worthington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 548 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Worthington earns its Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Worthington’s grade.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Worthington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Worthington could be anywhere from D− to D.
The distance from Worthington to work
About 24% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Worthington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worthington workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 4% 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.
Worthington by day and by night
On a workday 521 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Worthington on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Worthington goes to work
Where Worthington clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
In Worthington, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
186 jobs are based in Worthington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worthington, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 186. 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 Worthington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Worthington start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 586 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Worthington households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Worthington’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, and where Worthington sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,562 | Highland AR | 1,060 | $49K | 21.3% | 6.6% | 5% | D− |
| 5,563 | Sumner IL | 1,656 | $56K | 35.3% | 19.7% | 2% | D− |
| 5,564 | Worthington IN | 1,403 | $47K | 23.8% | 6.0% | 5% | D− |
| 5,565 | Gueydan LA | 1,122 | $28K | 39.5% | 22.8% | 14% | D− |
| 5,566 | Pine Prairie LA | 1,554 | $33K | 28.2% | 13.3% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Worthington, 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 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 Worthington: questions
What is the median household income in Worthington?
$47,000 (±$11,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worthington?
23.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worthington?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worthington work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (11%, 25 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 64 mi), Linton (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Worthington walkable?
Worthington is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Worthington without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worthington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worthington
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. 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.