Photo: Indiana Mosaic · CC BY-SA 4.0Yorktown has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Yorktown has 2,462 jobs, against 4,744 working residents. The two grades for Yorktown are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in ten work in Yorktown; the top destination outside it is Muncie (37%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Yorktown
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Yorktown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Yorktown is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #109 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Yorktown could be anywhere from B to A.
Out of Yorktown to work: where people go
Where Yorktown clocks in
37% of workers
10% of workers
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Yorktown
On a workday 4,259 residents head out to work, 485 work right here, and 1,977 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,700 people are in Yorktown on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
What Yorktown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yorktown, 2013 → 2023: 2,079 → 2,462. 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 Yorktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Yorktown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yorktown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,324 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Yorktown commutes less than 7 miles
About 15% 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.
In Yorktown, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yorktown is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #391 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Yorktown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,880 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). 1.9% of Yorktown households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Yorktown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Yorktown places 819th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 68 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 114 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 125 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 817 | Weston WI | 15,931 | $78K | 5.5% | 1.7% | 16% | A− |
| 818 | New Garden Township PA | 11,469 | $121K | 9.1% | 2.5% | 11% | A− |
| 819 | Yorktown IN | 11,947 | $82K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 10% | A− |
| 820 | Maryville IL | 8,413 | $101K | 2.7% | 6.2% | 5% | A− |
| 821 | Roscoe IL | 11,034 | $93K | 5.5% | 3.5% | 4% | A− |
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| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Yorktown, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
40% of Yorktown works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yorktown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorktown | – | A− | C | 21 min | $81,674 |
| Muncie | 37% | C− | A | 18 min | $44,471 |
| Harrison Township | 1% | A− | C− | 33 min | $82,806 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $70,406 |
| Center Township | 2% | C− | A | 19 min | $44,165 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | B | D | 26 min | $63,901 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Muncie. Darker towns draw more of Yorktown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Yorktown: questions
What is the median household income in Yorktown?
$81,674 (±$16,050) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yorktown?
4.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yorktown?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yorktown work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (37%, 6 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 44 mi), Anderson (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yorktown walkable?
Yorktown is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yorktown without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yorktown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yorktown
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.