Work & commute · Brazil

Work & commute in Brazil, IN

Most working residents leave Brazil for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Brazil (14%), Terre Haute (14%) and Van Buren (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

521 of 3,238 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,717 Brazil residents head out of town to work, 521 work right here, and 2,316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brazil.

2,717live here, work elsewhere

521live and work here

2,316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brazil goes to work

Brazil1.3 mi away

14%455

Terre Haute14.7 mi away

14%455

Van Buren3.4 mi away

10%309

Greencastle16.1 mi away

9%276

Knightsville1.8 mi away

5%166

Center54.5 mi away

2%72

Brazil (in town)right here

2%70

Posey5.9 mi away

2%60

Putnamville12.7 mi away

2%58

Honey Creek18.6 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,263

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

How far

How far Brazil commutes

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

35%

34%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brazil is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brazil are

2,837 jobs are based in Brazil. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brazil’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brazil

2,837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Brazil residents hold

3,238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Brazil, 2013 → 2023: 2,972 → 2,837. 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.