Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, IN

About one in 3 of Center’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Washington (8%), Pike (6%) and Wayne (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

22,294 of 69,540 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47,246 Center residents head out of town to work, 22,294 work right here, and 180,820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

47,246live here, work elsewhere

22,294live and work here

180,820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Center (in town)right here

32%22,180

Washington6.9 mi away

8%5,684

Pike9.6 mi away

6%4,301

Wayne6.6 mi away

6%4,033

Warren6.5 mi away

5%3,793

Carmel13.1 mi away

4%3,031

Lawrence9.5 mi away

3%2,422

Perry6.9 mi away

3%2,213

Greenwood12.1 mi away

2%1,724

Plainfield13.6 mi away

2%1,523

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%18,636

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.

64%

24%

64%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is a job hub

2.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

203,114 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

203,114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Center residents hold

69,540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+8%

Jobs based in Center, 2013 → 2023: 187,575 → 203,114. 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.