Work & commute · Brazil

Work & commute in Brazil, IN

Most working residents leave Brazil for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (14%), Van Buren (9%) and Greencastle (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

434 of 3,081 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 2,647 Brazil residents head out of town to work, 434 work right here, and 2,082 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brazil.

2,647live here, work elsewhere

434live and work here

2,082work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brazil goes to work

Brazil (in town)right here

14%434

Terre Haute14 mi away

14%433

Van Buren4.4 mi away

9%289

Greencastle17 mi away

9%264

Knightsville1.9 mi away

5%157

Center55.3 mi away

2%65

Brazil1.3 mi away

2%65

Posey4.7 mi away

2%59

Putnamville13.3 mi away

2%56

Honey Creek17.6 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,205

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%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brazil is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brazil are

2,516 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

2,516 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Brazil residents hold

3,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−11%

Jobs based in Brazil, 2013 → 2023: 2,812 → 2,516. 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.