Work & commute · Buck Creek

Work & commute in Buck Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Buck Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Center (16%), Warren (8%) and Washington (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 5,283 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,133 Buck Creek residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 4,738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buck Creek.

5,133live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

4,738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buck Creek goes to work

Center13.8 mi away

16%850

Warren7.7 mi away

8%413

Washington14.1 mi away

7%376

Carmel17 mi away

5%287

Greenfield6.4 mi away

5%282

Lawrence7.3 mi away

4%234

Fishers10.5 mi away

4%222

Wayne20.3 mi away

4%218

Pike20.5 mi away

4%211

Lawrence6.2 mi away

3%159

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,031

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

How far

How far Buck Creek commutes

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

29%

55%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buck Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buck Creek are

4,888 jobs are based in Buck Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buck Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buck Creek

4,888 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Buck Creek residents hold

5,283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+107%

Jobs based in Buck Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2,367 → 4,888. 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.