Work & commute · Boonville

Work & commute in Boonville, IN

Most working residents leave Boonville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (31%), Ohio (7%) and Patoka (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

553 of 3,207 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,654 Boonville residents head out of town to work, 553 work right here, and 3,134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boonville.

2,654live here, work elsewhere

553live and work here

3,134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boonville goes to work

Evansville13.9 mi away

31%1,009

Boonville (in town)right here

17%553

Ohio6.7 mi away

7%238

Patoka26.4 mi away

4%140

Boon0.7 mi away

4%120

Anderson7.8 mi away

3%91

Center13.5 mi away

2%79

Scott14.5 mi away

2%52

Owensboro, KY22.1 mi away

1%33

Center134.6 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%865

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

How far

How far Boonville commutes

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

32%

47%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boonville are

3,687 jobs are based in Boonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boonville

3,687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Boonville residents hold

3,207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+9%

Jobs based in Boonville, 2013 → 2023: 3,381 → 3,687. 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.