Work & commute · Carpenter

Work & commute in Carpenter, IN

Most working residents leave Carpenter for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rensselaer (17%), Lafayette (10%) and Remington (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

127 of 908 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 781 Carpenter residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 1,551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carpenter.

781live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

1,551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carpenter goes to work

Rensselaer12.3 mi away

17%152

Lafayette30.9 mi away

10%91

Remington2.9 mi away

10%89

Carpenter (in town)right here

4%38

Marion11.2 mi away

4%34

Wolcott7.5 mi away

3%24

Monticello21.9 mi away

2%19

West Lafayette26.6 mi away

2%18

Michigan City66.7 mi away

2%15

Princeton8.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%415

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

How far

How far Carpenter commutes

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

23%

32%

19%

26%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carpenter is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carpenter are

1,678 jobs are based in Carpenter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carpenter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carpenter

1,678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Carpenter residents hold

908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−26%

Jobs based in Carpenter, 2013 → 2023: 2,278 → 1,678. 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.