Work & commute · Dubois

Work & commute in Dubois, IN

Most working residents leave Dubois for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (39%), Ferdinand (6%) and Huntingburg (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 248 Dubois residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dubois.

248live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dubois goes to work

Jasper8.6 mi away

39%98

Ferdinand15.5 mi away

6%16

Huntingburg13.4 mi away

6%14

Evansville51 mi away

4%11

Dubois (in town)right here

2%6

Bloomington51.7 mi away

2%5

Hall4.7 mi away

2%5

Marion4.7 mi away

2%5

Paoli19.3 mi away

2%4

Vincennes41.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%86

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

How far

How far Dubois commutes

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

50%

22%

10%

18%

50%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dubois is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dubois are

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

Jobs based in Dubois

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Dubois residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−25%

Jobs based in Dubois, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 194. 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.