Work & commute · Boon

Work & commute in Boon, IN

Most working residents leave Boon for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (33%), Boonville (15%) and Ohio (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,176 of 6,443 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 5,267 Boon residents head out of town to work, 1,176 work right here, and 3,395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boon.

5,267live here, work elsewhere

1,176live and work here

3,395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boon goes to work

Evansville14.3 mi away

33%2,140

Boonville0.7 mi away

15%958

Ohio7 mi away

8%493

Patoka27.1 mi away

4%271

Boon (in town)right here

3%217

Anderson7.5 mi away

3%185

Center14.1 mi away

2%146

Scott15.2 mi away

2%102

Chandler5 mi away

1%66

Owensboro, KY21.5 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,799

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

How far

How far Boon commutes

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

33%

46%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boon is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boon are

4,571 jobs are based in Boon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boon

4,571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Boon residents hold

6,443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Boon, 2013 → 2023: 4,490 → 4,571. 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.