Work & commute · Ellettsville

Work & commute in Ellettsville, IN

Most working residents leave Ellettsville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (41%), Richland (9%) and Spencer (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

190 of 2,984 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,794 Ellettsville residents head out of town to work, 190 work right here, and 1,611 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellettsville.

2,794live here, work elsewhere

190live and work here

1,611work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellettsville goes to work

Bloomington7.1 mi away

41%1,216

Richland2.3 mi away

9%281

Ellettsville (in town)right here

6%190

Spencer8.8 mi away

5%162

Center45.6 mi away

4%128

Bloomington6.1 mi away

3%104

Van Buren7.6 mi away

2%73

Perry9.6 mi away

2%61

Washington51.4 mi away

1%36

Bedford26.7 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%699

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

How far

How far Ellettsville commutes

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

70%

12%

13%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellettsville is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellettsville are

1,801 jobs are based in Ellettsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellettsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellettsville

1,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ellettsville residents hold

2,984 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+41%

Jobs based in Ellettsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,277 → 1,801. 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.