Work & commute · Edinburgh

Work & commute in Edinburgh, IN

Most working residents leave Edinburgh for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (9%), Columbus (9%) and German (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

342 of 1,900 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,558 Edinburgh residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 1,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edinburgh.

1,558live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

1,463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edinburgh goes to work

Edinburgh (in town)right here

18%342

Franklin10.9 mi away

9%172

Columbus10.2 mi away

9%162

German3 mi away

6%109

Center30.8 mi away

5%95

Greenwood18.9 mi away

4%74

Washington37.5 mi away

3%66

Shelbyville16.7 mi away

2%46

Pike39.6 mi away

2%44

Warren29.4 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%753

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

How far

How far Edinburgh commutes

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

33%

25%

31%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edinburgh is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edinburgh are

1,805 jobs are based in Edinburgh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edinburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edinburgh

1,805 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Edinburgh residents hold

1,900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−23%

Jobs based in Edinburgh, 2013 → 2023: 2,345 → 1,805. 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.