Work & commute · Bigger

Work & commute in Bigger, IN

Most working residents leave Bigger for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are North Vernon (24%), Seymour (10%) and Columbus (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 305 Bigger residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bigger.

305live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bigger goes to work

North Vernon9 mi away

24%72

Seymour21.9 mi away

10%32

Columbus29.4 mi away

9%29

Vernon7.3 mi away

4%11

Madison14.3 mi away

3%8

Center66.7 mi away

2%7

Center8.5 mi away

2%5

Washington72.8 mi away

2%5

Vernon6 mi away

2%5

Campbell5.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%128

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

How far

How far Bigger commutes

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

31%

26%

16%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bigger is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bigger are

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

Jobs based in Bigger

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Bigger residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+233%

Jobs based in Bigger, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 20. 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.