Work & commute · English

Work & commute in English, IN

Most working residents leave English for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (10%), Ferdinand (5%) and French Lick (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 237 English residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in English.

237live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where English goes to work

Jasper26.3 mi away

10%25

Ferdinand23.2 mi away

5%12

French Lick16.6 mi away

4%9

English (in town)right here

4%9

New Albany34.5 mi away

4%9

Jeffersonville41.2 mi away

4%9

Patoka8 mi away

3%7

Paoli14.9 mi away

2%6

Huntingburg27.4 mi away

2%6

Whiskey Run8.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%148

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

How far

How far English commutes

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

13%

32%

30%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

English is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in English are

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

Jobs based in English

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs English residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−61%

Jobs based in English, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 217. 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.