Work & commute · Battle Ground

Work & commute in Battle Ground, IN

Most working residents leave Battle Ground for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (43%), West Lafayette (15%) and Tippecanoe (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 802 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 798 Battle Ground residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Battle Ground.

798live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Battle Ground goes to work

Lafayette7.5 mi away

43%343

West Lafayette5.8 mi away

15%119

Tippecanoe1.3 mi away

3%25

Center63 mi away

3%24

Wabash5.8 mi away

2%18

Frankfort22.9 mi away

1%10

Carmel52.8 mi away

1%10

Delphi11.1 mi away

1%9

Kokomo38.2 mi away

1%9

Washington57.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%227

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

How far

How far Battle Ground commutes

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

67%

21%

67%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Battle Ground is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Battle Ground are

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

Jobs based in Battle Ground

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Battle Ground residents hold

802 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−17%

Jobs based in Battle Ground, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 121. 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.