Work & commute · Adams

Work & commute in Adams, IN

Most working residents leave Adams for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (28%), Cincinnati (5%) and Greensburg (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

298 of 2,240 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,942 Adams residents head out of town to work, 298 work right here, and 2,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adams.

1,942live here, work elsewhere

298live and work here

2,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adams goes to work

Batesville4.6 mi away

28%622

Cincinnati, OH34.9 mi away

5%119

Greensburg20.3 mi away

5%115

Harrison, OH18.7 mi away

2%51

Sunman3.2 mi away

2%50

Adams (in town)right here

2%49

Lawrenceburg17.9 mi away

2%47

Washington18.6 mi away

2%34

Milan10.1 mi away

1%26

Center63.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,101

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adams commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

23%

22%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adams is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adams are

2,542 jobs are based in Adams. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adams’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adams

2,542 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Adams residents hold

2,240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Adams, 2013 → 2023: 2,469 → 2,542. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.