Work & commute · Anderson

Work & commute in Anderson, IN

About one in 4 of Anderson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Noblesville (4%), Fishers (4%) and Muncie (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

6,113 of 22,087 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,974 Anderson residents head out of town to work, 6,113 work right here, and 16,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anderson.

15,974live here, work elsewhere

6,113live and work here

16,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anderson goes to work

Anderson (in town)right here

28%6,113

Noblesville17.1 mi away

4%968

Fishers17.2 mi away

4%961

Muncie17.3 mi away

4%901

Center32.2 mi away

4%856

Lawrence22.7 mi away

3%759

Washington28.2 mi away

3%752

Carmel25.8 mi away

3%615

Warren27.8 mi away

2%534

Pendleton6.8 mi away

2%496

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%9,132

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

How far

How far Anderson commutes

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

37%

27%

25%

12%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anderson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anderson are

22,376 jobs are based in Anderson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anderson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anderson

22,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Anderson residents hold

22,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Anderson, 2013 → 2023: 21,640 → 22,376. 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.