Work & commute · Carr

Work & commute in Carr, IN

Most working residents leave Carr for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Albany (14%), Jeffersonville (10%) and Clarksville (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,312 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,276 Carr residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carr.

2,276live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carr goes to work

New Albany8.9 mi away

14%329

Jeffersonville10.9 mi away

10%242

Clarksville9.2 mi away

4%100

Sellersburg4.9 mi away

4%91

Wood4.7 mi away

3%77

Borden5.8 mi away

2%39

St. Matthews, KY17.4 mi away

1%34

Washington100.5 mi away

1%34

Center93.7 mi away

1%32

Salem17.6 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,305

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.

46%

26%

23%

46%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carr is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carr are

280 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

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Carr residents hold

2,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+30%

Jobs based in Carr, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 280. 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.