Work & commute · Beech Grove

Work & commute in Beech Grove, IN

Most working residents leave Beech Grove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Center (21%), Perry (7%) and Warren (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

315 of 6,584 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 6,269 Beech Grove residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 6,913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beech Grove.

6,269live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

6,913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beech Grove goes to work

Center5 mi away

21%1,404

Perry4.6 mi away

7%477

Warren5.5 mi away

7%456

Wayne10.1 mi away

5%349

Washington11.5 mi away

5%344

Beech Grove (in town)right here

5%315

Greenwood7.8 mi away

5%311

Pike14.6 mi away

5%306

Franklin4.8 mi away

4%296

Carmel17.6 mi away

3%204

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,122

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

How far

How far Beech Grove commutes

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

57%

31%

57%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beech Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beech Grove are

7,228 jobs are based in Beech Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beech Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beech Grove

7,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Beech Grove residents hold

6,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Beech Grove, 2013 → 2023: 6,850 → 7,228. 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.