Work & commute · Attica

Work & commute in Attica, IN

About one in 5 of Attica’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (19%), West Lafayette (5%) and Williamsport (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

307 of 1,479 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,172 Attica residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Attica.

1,172live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Attica goes to work

Attica (in town)right here

21%307

Lafayette21.6 mi away

19%287

West Lafayette20.1 mi away

5%78

Williamsport2.5 mi away

5%72

Crawfordsville25 mi away

2%30

Covington12.7 mi away

2%28

Veedersburg11.8 mi away

2%28

Center68.3 mi away

2%27

Logan1.8 mi away

2%26

Danville, IL21.7 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%575

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

How far

How far Attica commutes

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

30%

37%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Attica is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Attica are

1,267 jobs are based in Attica. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Attica’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Attica

1,267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Attica residents hold

1,479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in Attica, 2013 → 2023: 1,838 → 1,267. 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.