Work & commute · Clarksville

Work & commute in Clarksville, IN

Most working residents leave Clarksville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersonville (16%), New Albany (12%) and Utica (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,024 of 10,627 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,603 Clarksville residents head out of town to work, 1,024 work right here, and 9,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksville.

9,603live here, work elsewhere

1,024live and work here

9,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksville goes to work

Jeffersonville3.8 mi away

16%1,715

New Albany3.1 mi away

12%1,257

Clarksville (in town)right here

10%1,024

Utica5.5 mi away

2%251

Jeffersontown, KY13.4 mi away

2%219

Sellersburg5.4 mi away

2%199

Washington109.3 mi away

2%188

Columbus61.7 mi away

1%120

Watterson Park, KY9.9 mi away

1%109

Seymour43.6 mi away

1%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,440

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

How far

How far Clarksville commutes

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

61%

10%

25%

61%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksville are

10,737 jobs are based in Clarksville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarksville

10,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Clarksville residents hold

10,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Clarksville, 2013 → 2023: 11,623 → 10,737. 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.