Work & commute · Big Creek

Work & commute in Big Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Big Creek for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (19%), Monticello (15%) and West Lafayette (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 430 Big Creek residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Creek.

430live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Creek goes to work

Lafayette19.5 mi away

19%87

Monticello6.7 mi away

15%67

West Lafayette16.7 mi away

6%27

Honey Creek6.5 mi away

4%17

Chalmers1.3 mi away

3%15

Union6.6 mi away

3%15

Monon12.7 mi away

3%12

Princeton10.8 mi away

2%8

Delphi12.3 mi away

1%6

Rensselaer24 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%188

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

How far

How far Big Creek commutes

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

31%

42%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Creek is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Creek are

277 jobs are based in Big Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Creek

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Big Creek residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+22%

Jobs based in Big Creek, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 277. 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.