Work & commute · Carter

Work & commute in Carter, IN

Most working residents leave Carter for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (14%), Dale (11%) and Ferdinand (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

271 of 1,455 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,184 Carter residents head out of town to work, 271 work right here, and 1,651 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carter.

1,184live here, work elsewhere

271live and work here

1,651work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carter goes to work

Jasper15.9 mi away

14%197

Dale1.6 mi away

11%153

Ferdinand7.1 mi away

9%134

Evansville33.3 mi away

7%96

Santa Claus3.8 mi away

6%81

Huntingburg9.5 mi away

5%79

Carter (in town)right here

3%49

Harrison6.9 mi away

3%44

Tell City18.3 mi away

2%25

St. Meinrad7 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%572

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

How far

How far Carter commutes

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

40%

28%

16%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carter are

1,922 jobs are based in Carter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carter

1,922 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Carter residents hold

1,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−14%

Jobs based in Carter, 2013 → 2023: 2,227 → 1,922. 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.