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Work & commute in Chrisney · A commuter town

99% of Chrisney’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Chrisney for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (11%), Jasper (9%) and Carter (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Work in town
1%
2 of 218 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
31 min
More than IN (24 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
40
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Chrisney?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

11% of working residents work in Evansville

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

RoswellTennysonGentryvilleChrisneyOakland CityRockport: 7 residents work here (3%)Ferdinand: 8 residents work here (4%)Dale: 7 residents work here (3%)Tell CityBoonville: 10 residents work here (5%)Santa Claus: 6 residents work here (3%)Jasper: 19 residents work here (9%)Evansville: 25 residents work here (11%)OwensboroBoon: 6 residents work here (3%)Carter: 11 residents work here (5%)Ohio: 8 residents work here (4%)GrassEvansvilleJasperCarterBoonvilleFerdinandOhioChrisney
1
Evansville27.5 mi away
11%25
2
Jasper26.9 mi away
9%19
3
Carter11.2 mi away
5%11
4
Boonville14.4 mi away
5%10
5
Ferdinand17.6 mi away
4%8
6
Ohio20 mi away
4%8
7
Rockport8.5 mi away
3%7
8
Dale12.3 mi away
3%7
9
Santa Claus9.2 mi away
3%6
10
Boon13.8 mi away
3%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%111
The top trips

Where Chrisney clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
235 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Chrisney31 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Chrisney workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Chrisney quiets down on a workday

On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.

216live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
38work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night440
Workday260
440live here− 220head out to work+ 38come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Chrisney on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Chrisney commutes less than 21 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi35 miEvansville: 11% · 27.5 miJasper: 9% · 26.9 miCarter: 5% · 11.2 miBoonville: 5% · 14.4 miFerdinand: 4% · 17.6 miOhio: 4% · 20 miRockport: 3% · 8.5 miDale: 3% · 12.3 miSanta Claus: 3% · 9.2 miBoon: 3% · 13.8 miEvansville 11%Jasper 9%Carter 5%Boonville 5%Ferdinand 4%Chrisney
ChrisneyTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi40 residents
37%10–24 mi78 residents
29%25–50 mi61 residents
16%Over 50 mi33 residents

About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Chrisney makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in ChrisneyJobs Chrisney residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%35%
Trade, transport & utilities25%20%
Services: health, schools, offices43%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%23%
Over $3,333 a month48%59%

Who does it

29 or younger33%21%
30 to 5438%56%
55 and older30%23%
−9%

Jobs based in Chrisney, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 40. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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