Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, IN

Most working residents leave Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Patoka (22%), Princeton (20%) and Evansville (13%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 610 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 610 Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

610live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Patoka7.5 mi away

22%134

Princeton7.4 mi away

20%124

Evansville25 mi away

13%81

Vincennes23.3 mi away

3%19

Montgomery15.6 mi away

2%14

Scott15.2 mi away

2%13

Jasper27.8 mi away

1%9

Union8.5 mi away

1%9

Fort Branch9.5 mi away

1%7

Oakland City5.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%194

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.

46%

24%

15%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

61 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

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Center residents hold

610 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−84%

Jobs based in Center, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 61. 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.