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Work & commute in Sardinia · A commuter town

100% of Sardinia’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Sardinia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greensburg (21%), Columbus (21%) and Cincinnati (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 42 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
4
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Sardinia?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

21% of working residents work in Greensburg

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

St. Paul: 1 residents work here (2%)Westport: 1 residents work here (2%)North Vernon: 1 residents work here (2%)Bluffton: 1 residents work here (2%)Greensburg: 9 residents work here (21%)Seymour: 1 residents work here (2%)Bedford: 1 residents work here (2%)Bloomington: 1 residents work here (2%)Columbus: 9 residents work here (21%)Cincinnati: 2 residents work here (5%)Haw CreekSardiniaLake SanteeGreensburgColumbusCincinnatiSt. PaulWestportNorth VernonSardinia
1
Greensburg15.3 mi away
21%9
2
Columbus16 mi away
21%9
3
Cincinnati, OH60.3 mi away
5%2
4
St. Paul19 mi away
2%1
5
Westport3.5 mi away
2%1
6
North Vernon9.6 mi away
2%1
7
Bluffton112.5 mi away
2%1
8
Seymour19.9 mi away
2%1
9
Bedford50.3 mi away
2%1
10
Bloomington47.9 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%15
The top trips

Where Sardinia clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Sardinia quiets down on a workday

On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

42live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday92
130live here− 42head out to work+ 4come in to work= 92on a workday

About 92 people are in Sardinia on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.10 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.

How far

Half of Sardinia commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGreensburg: 21% · 15.3 miColumbus: 21% · 16 miCincinnati: 5% · 60.3 miSt. Paul: 2% · 19 miWestport: 2% · 3.5 miNorth Vernon: 2% · 9.6 miBluffton: 2% · 112.5 miSeymour: 2% · 19.9 miBedford: 2% · 50.3 miBloomington: 2% · 47.9 miGreensburg 21%Columbus 21%Cincinnati 5%St. Paul 2%Westport 2%Sardinia
SardiniaTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi4 residents
52%10–24 mi22 residents
2%25–50 mi1 residents
36%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 36% 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.

The jobs

Sardinia makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

4 jobs are based in Sardinia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sardinia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in SardiniaJobs Sardinia residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%19%
Over $3,333 a month50%55%

Who does it

29 or younger25%17%
30 to 5450%60%
55 and older25%24%
−43%

Jobs based in Sardinia, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Sardinia

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Sardinia workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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