Work & commute · Eugene

Work & commute in Eugene, IN

Most working residents leave Eugene for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (15%), Terre Haute (5%) and Danville (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 594 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 557 Eugene residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eugene.

557live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eugene goes to work

Danville, IL14.4 mi away

15%89

Terre Haute34.6 mi away

5%32

Eugene (in town)right here

4%26

Danville, IL12.1 mi away

4%23

Covington13.7 mi away

3%20

Vermillion6.7 mi away

3%18

Clinton20.9 mi away

3%15

Helt13.6 mi away

3%15

Crawfordsville31.8 mi away

2%14

Highland7.7 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%328

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

How far

How far Eugene commutes

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

13%

42%

15%

30%

13%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eugene is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eugene are

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

Jobs based in Eugene

393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Eugene residents hold

594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+12%

Jobs based in Eugene, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 393. 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.