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Jobs & commute in Batesville

Batesville has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 84 people commute in to work

Hardly any work in Batesville itself; outside it, Jackson Township draws the most (20%, 16 miles). There are 84 jobs in Batesville, against 41 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Ohio has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Batesville for work, and who comes in

On a workday 41 residents head out to work and none work right here.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
84work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday150
100live here− 41head out to work+ 84come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Batesville on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the people who work in Batesville live

BatesvilleSummerfield: 2 workers live here (2%)Quaker CityCaldwell: 3 workers live here (4%)New LexingtonReadingCambridgeMariettaPaden City: 2 workers live here (2%)ParkersburgWheelingOlive Township: 3 workers live here (4%)Jackson TownshipCambridge Township: 2 workers live here (2%)Elk Township: 2 workers live here (2%)Valley Township: 3 workers live here (4%)Westland Township: 3 workers live here (4%)Center Township: 4 workers live here (5%)Beaver Township: 5 workers live here (6%)Beaver TownshipCenter TownshipCaldwellOlive TownshipValley TownshipWestland TownshipBatesville
1
Beaver Township1.1 mi away
6%5
2
Center Township12.4 mi away
5%4
3
Caldwell16.9 mi away
4%3
4
Olive Township19.4 mi away
4%3
5
Valley Township15.1 mi away
4%3
6
Westland Township21.1 mi away
4%3
7
Summerfield8.7 mi away
2%2
8
Paden City, WV28.5 mi away
2%2
9
Cambridge Township17.9 mi away
2%2
10
Elk Township18.4 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
65%55
The top trips

Where Batesville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 69% of Batesville’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in BatesvilleJobs Batesville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms69%20%
Trade, transport & utilities27%17%
Services: health, schools, offices4%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%29%
Over $3,333 a month76%41%

Who does it

29 or younger8%39%
30 to 5460%49%
55 and older32%12%
+4100%

Jobs based in Batesville, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 84. 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 Batesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Batesville: about 30 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
227 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Batesville30 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Batesville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Batesville gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 37 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Batesville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJackson Township: 20% · 15.8 miCambridge: 7% · 17.6 miCaldwell: 5% · 16.9 miMarietta: 5% · 35.1 miParkersburg: 5% · 47.3 miWheeling: 5% · 33.1 miCambridge Township: 5% · 17.9 miQuaker City: 2% · 3.8 miNew Lexington: 2% · 50.9 miReading: 2% · 174.4 miJackson Township 20%Cambridge 7%Caldwell 5%Marietta 5%Parkersburg 5%Batesville
BatesvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
46%10–24 mi19 residents
22%25–50 mi9 residents
27%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 27% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Batesville: questions

What is the median household income in Batesville?

$98,500 (±$66,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Batesville?

1.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Batesville?

30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Batesville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson Township (20%, 16 mi), Cambridge (7%, 18 mi), Caldwell (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Batesville 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 Batesville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Batesville

Batesville home →

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.