Work & commute · Elwood

Work & commute in Elwood, IN

Most working residents leave Elwood for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (7%), Noblesville (7%) and Pipe Creek (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

590 of 3,517 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,927 Elwood residents head out of town to work, 590 work right here, and 1,942 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elwood.

2,927live here, work elsewhere

590live and work here

1,942work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elwood goes to work

Elwood (in town)right here

17%590

Anderson14.9 mi away

7%247

Noblesville18.6 mi away

7%237

Pipe Creek3 mi away

5%173

Center37.9 mi away

3%122

Washington31.9 mi away

3%122

Fishers22.6 mi away

3%121

Lawrence29.3 mi away

3%120

Carmel26.9 mi away

3%106

Tipton10.9 mi away

3%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,583

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

How far

How far Elwood commutes

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

26%

34%

28%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elwood is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elwood are

2,532 jobs are based in Elwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elwood

2,532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Elwood residents hold

3,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+30%

Jobs based in Elwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,944 → 2,532. 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.