Work & commute · Carmel

Work & commute in Carmel, IN

About one in 4 of Carmel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Center (19%), Washington (11%) and Pike (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

10,901 of 48,367 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,466 Carmel residents head out of town to work, 10,901 work right here, and 64,808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carmel.

37,466live here, work elsewhere

10,901live and work here

64,808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carmel goes to work

Carmel (in town)right here

23%10,901

Center13.1 mi away

19%9,144

Washington6.2 mi away

11%5,210

Pike8.8 mi away

7%3,209

Lawrence9.8 mi away

4%1,871

Fishers9.5 mi away

3%1,683

Wayne14.7 mi away

3%1,312

Westfield4.9 mi away

3%1,238

Noblesville9 mi away

2%1,143

Warren14.9 mi away

2%1,093

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%11,563

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

How far

How far Carmel commutes

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

51%

35%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carmel is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Carmel are

75,709 jobs are based in Carmel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carmel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carmel

75,709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Carmel residents hold

48,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+35%

Jobs based in Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 56,083 → 75,709. 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.