Work & commute · Crawfordsville

Work & commute in Crawfordsville, IN

About one in 3 of Crawfordsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (6%), Union (5%) and Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

2,487 of 6,817 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,330 Crawfordsville residents head out of town to work, 2,487 work right here, and 7,223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crawfordsville.

4,330live here, work elsewhere

2,487live and work here

7,223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crawfordsville goes to work

Crawfordsville (in town)right here

36%2,487

Lafayette24.8 mi away

6%389

Union0.2 mi away

5%344

Lebanon23.1 mi away

3%202

Pike35.3 mi away

2%169

Center44.2 mi away

2%167

West Lafayette27.9 mi away

2%106

Washington41.6 mi away

1%92

Carmel40 mi away

1%87

New Market6.2 mi away

1%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,693

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

How far

How far Crawfordsville commutes

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

45%

11%

27%

17%

45%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crawfordsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crawfordsville are

9,710 jobs are based in Crawfordsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crawfordsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crawfordsville

9,710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Crawfordsville residents hold

6,817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−12%

Jobs based in Crawfordsville, 2013 → 2023: 11,073 → 9,710. 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.