Work & commute · Blue River

Work & commute in Blue River, IN

Most working residents leave Blue River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (14%), Muncie (9%) and Henry (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 417 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 413 Blue River residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue River.

413live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue River goes to work

New Castle7.3 mi away

14%58

Muncie16.6 mi away

9%37

Henry8.1 mi away

7%29

Prairie5.6 mi away

5%22

Richmond22.1 mi away

3%14

Spiceland15 mi away

3%13

Anderson24 mi away

2%9

Center48.8 mi away

2%9

Washington47.4 mi away

2%9

Center15.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%209

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

How far

How far Blue River commutes

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

27%

32%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue River is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue River are

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

Jobs based in Blue River

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Blue River residents hold

417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−34%

Jobs based in Blue River, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 79. 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.