Work & commute · Boswell

Work & commute in Boswell, IN

Most working residents leave Boswell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (15%), West Lafayette (7%) and Fowler (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 353 Boswell residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boswell.

353live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boswell goes to work

Lafayette28.1 mi away

15%54

West Lafayette24.3 mi away

7%26

Fowler7.5 mi away

6%23

Grant0.3 mi away

4%16

Center7.2 mi away

4%14

Otterbein15.4 mi away

3%10

Boswell (in town)right here

2%8

Center83 mi away

2%8

Attica17.3 mi away

2%7

Parish Grove7.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%188

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

How far

How far Boswell commutes

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

20%

23%

26%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boswell is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boswell are

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

Jobs based in Boswell

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Boswell residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−65%

Jobs based in Boswell, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 76. 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.