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Work & commute · Carr

Work & commute in Carr, IN

Most working residents leave Carr for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Seymour (22%), Brownstown (11%) and Columbus (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
12 of 529 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 517 Carr residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carr.

517live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
159work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Carr goes to work

MedoraBrownstownScottsburgSeymourBloomingtonColumbusWashingtonCarrJeffersonCenterOwenBrownstownDriftwoodGrassy ForkHamiltonBrownValloniaSeymourBrownstownColumbusCenterHamiltonBrownstownMedoraBloomingtonGrassy ForkScottsburgCarr
1
Seymour20.2 mi away
22%114
2
Brownstown10.4 mi away
11%58
3
Columbus31.4 mi away
10%53
4
Center66.2 mi away
3%17
5
Hamilton17.1 mi away
3%17
6
Brownstown10.9 mi away
2%13
7
Medora3 mi away
2%11
8
Bloomington28.7 mi away
2%11
9
Grassy Fork13.3 mi away
2%11
10
Scottsburg25.7 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%214

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

How far

How far Carr commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Carr is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Carr are

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

Jobs based in Carr

171 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Carr residents hold

529 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+4%

Jobs based in Carr, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 171. 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.

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