Work & commute · Clifty

Work & commute in Clifty, IN

Most working residents leave Clifty for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (48%), Seymour (4%) and Greensburg (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 499 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 493 Clifty residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifty.

493live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifty goes to work

Columbus10.2 mi away

48%238

Seymour21 mi away

4%18

Greensburg15.1 mi away

3%14

Center43.8 mi away

3%13

Franklin25.2 mi away

2%11

Washington50 mi away

2%10

North Vernon15.5 mi away

2%8

Shelbyville22.3 mi away

2%8

Perry38.5 mi away

2%8

Hope5.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%164

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

How far

How far Clifty commutes

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

33%

36%

15%

16%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifty is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifty are

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

Jobs based in Clifty

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Clifty residents hold

499 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+173%

Jobs based in Clifty, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 142. 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.