Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, IN

Most working residents leave Center for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (58%), Patoka (5%) and Ohio (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,106 of 18,748 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 16,642 Center residents head out of town to work, 2,106 work right here, and 11,484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

16,642live here, work elsewhere

2,106live and work here

11,484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Evansville4 mi away

58%10,875

Patoka21.1 mi away

5%910

Center (in town)right here

4%756

Ohio8.5 mi away

3%582

Scott6.1 mi away

2%402

Perry8.1 mi away

2%366

Center141.3 mi away

1%201

Black21.6 mi away

1%150

Washington147.1 mi away

1%144

Henderson, KY14.6 mi away

1%140

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%4,222

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.

71%

12%

14%

71%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

13,590 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

13,590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Center residents hold

18,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+13%

Jobs based in Center, 2013 → 2023: 12,018 → 13,590. 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.