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Work & commute in Crows Nest · A commuter town

100% of Crows Nest’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Crows Nest for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (28%), Center (20%) and Carmel (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 25 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
16 min
Less than IN (24 min)
Work from home
17%
More than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
16
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Crows Nest?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

28% of working residents work in Washington

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

Rocky RippleCrows NestBloomington: 1 residents work here (4%)Lawrence: 1 residents work here (4%)FishersNoblesville: 1 residents work here (4%)Lafayette: 1 residents work here (4%)WestfieldColumbus: 1 residents work here (4%)Carmel: 2 residents work here (8%)Center: 5 residents work here (20%)Washington: 7 residents work here (28%)DecaturPike: 2 residents work here (8%)Warren: 2 residents work here (8%)WashingtonCenterCarmelPikeWarrenBloomingtonCrows Nest
1
Washington2 mi away
28%7
2
Center5.8 mi away
20%5
3
Carmel7.6 mi away
8%2
4
Pike5.3 mi away
8%2
5
Warren9.8 mi away
8%2
6
Bloomington51.5 mi away
4%1
7
Lawrence9.5 mi away
4%1
8
Noblesville15.2 mi away
4%1
9
Lafayette52.4 mi away
4%1
10
Columbus46.7 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%2
The top trips

Where Crows Nest 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 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana

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

A year of commuting
124 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Crows Nest16 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
17%

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

About 2 in 10
How far

Half of Crows Nest commutes less than 6 miles

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

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miWashington: 28% · 2 miCenter: 20% · 5.8 miCarmel: 8% · 7.6 miPike: 8% · 5.3 miWarren: 8% · 9.8 miBloomington: 4% · 51.5 miLawrence: 4% · 9.5 miNoblesville: 4% · 15.2 miLafayette: 4% · 52.4 miColumbus: 4% · 46.7 miWashington 28%Center 20%Carmel 8%Pike 8%Warren 8%Crows Nest
Crows NestTop destinations (size = commuters)
76%Under 10 mi19 residents
12%10–24 mi3 residents
4%25–50 mi1 residents
8%Over 50 mi2 residents

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

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

25live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday100
110live here− 25head out to work+ 16come in to work= 100on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.64jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.64 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.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Crows NestJobs Crows Nest residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%20%
Over $3,333 a month50%72%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 5438%44%
55 and older63%36%
−30%

Jobs based in Crows Nest, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 16. 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.

Next door

Crows Nest and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Crows Nest’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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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