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Work & commute in Bethany · A commuter town

100% of Bethany’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Bethany for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Center (18%), Wayne (13%) and Mooresville (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 38 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
34 min
More than IN (24 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Bethany?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

18% of working residents work in Center

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

BethanyMonrovia: 1 residents work here (3%)New Palestine: 1 residents work here (3%)Mooresville: 2 residents work here (5%)Madison: 1 residents work here (3%)Danville: 1 residents work here (3%)Lebanon: 2 residents work here (5%)Center: 7 residents work here (18%)Washington: 2 residents work here (5%)Wayne: 5 residents work here (13%)Decatur: 2 residents work here (5%)CenterWayneMooresvilleLebanonWashingtonDecaturBethany
1
Center21 mi away
18%7
2
Wayne17.6 mi away
13%5
3
Mooresville4.8 mi away
5%2
4
Lebanon35 mi away
5%2
5
Washington26.8 mi away
5%2
6
Decatur11.4 mi away
5%2
7
Monrovia6.4 mi away
3%1
8
New Palestine29.3 mi away
3%1
9
Madison75.1 mi away
3%1
10
Danville16.7 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%14
The top trips

Where Bethany clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
259 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bethany34 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Bethany workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Bethany quiets down on a workday

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night67
Workday29
67live here− 38head out to work+ 0come in to work= 29on a workday

About 29 people are in Bethany on a workday afternoon, 57% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Bethany commutes less than 19 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCenter: 18% · 21 miWayne: 13% · 17.6 miMooresville: 5% · 4.8 miLebanon: 5% · 35 miWashington: 5% · 26.8 miDecatur: 5% · 11.4 miMonrovia: 3% · 6.4 miNew Palestine: 3% · 29.3 miMadison: 3% · 75.1 miDanville: 3% · 16.7 miCenter 18%Wayne 13%Mooresville 5%Lebanon 5%Washington 5%Bethany
BethanyTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi8 residents
47%10–24 mi18 residents
26%25–50 mi10 residents
5%Over 50 mi2 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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