Work & commute · Dana

Work & commute in Dana, IN

Most working residents leave Dana for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (18%), Vermillion (8%) and Clinton (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 207 Dana residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dana.

207live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dana goes to work

Terre Haute24.5 mi away

18%38

Vermillion4.1 mi away

8%17

Clinton11.1 mi away

6%12

Helt3.8 mi away

6%12

Clinton11.2 mi away

4%9

Union22.9 mi away

3%6

Danville, IL24 mi away

2%5

Rockville14.4 mi away

2%5

Fishers81.6 mi away

2%5

Washington71.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%95

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

How far

How far Dana commutes

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

21%

41%

12%

26%

21%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dana is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dana are

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

Jobs based in Dana

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Dana residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−45%

Jobs based in Dana, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 34. 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.