Work & commute · Avon

Work & commute in Avon, IN

Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Center (16%), Wayne (10%) and Plainfield (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,053 of 11,652 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,599 Avon residents head out of town to work, 1,053 work right here, and 12,936 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon.

10,599live here, work elsewhere

1,053live and work here

12,936work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon goes to work

Center13.6 mi away

16%1,890

Wayne7 mi away

10%1,115

Avon (in town)right here

9%1,053

Plainfield4.8 mi away

8%943

Pike10.4 mi away

7%812

Washington15.5 mi away

4%485

Carmel19.2 mi away

4%455

Danville5.4 mi away

3%320

Brownsburg5.1 mi away

3%315

Decatur8.5 mi away

3%295

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,969

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

How far

How far Avon commutes

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

42%

43%

42%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon are

13,989 jobs are based in Avon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon

13,989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Avon residents hold

11,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+56%

Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 8,955 → 13,989. 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.