Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, IN

41% of Center’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Muncie (38%), Anderson (4%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

9,252 of 22,433 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 13,181 Center residents head out of town to work, 9,252 work right here, and 22,461 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

13,181live here, work elsewhere

9,252live and work here

22,461work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Muncie0.7 mi away

38%8,622

Anderson17.5 mi away

4%978

Center (in town)right here

4%847

Center49.1 mi away

3%751

Yorktown6.5 mi away

2%543

Fort Wayne63.3 mi away

2%454

Washington45.6 mi away

2%428

Carmel43.2 mi away

2%361

Lawrence39.7 mi away

1%292

Fishers34.6 mi away

1%290

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%8,867

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

How far

How far Center commutes

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

48%

12%

18%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

31,713 jobs are based in Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Center

31,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Center residents hold

22,433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−5%

Jobs based in Center, 2013 → 2023: 33,372 → 31,713. 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.