Work & commute · Evansville

Work & commute in Evansville, IN

60% of Evansville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Patoka (3%), Ohio (3%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

30,488 of 51,062 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 20,574 Evansville residents head out of town to work, 30,488 work right here, and 56,532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evansville.

20,574live here, work elsewhere

30,488live and work here

56,532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evansville goes to work

Evansville (in town)right here

60%30,488

Patoka25.2 mi away

3%1,779

Ohio7.5 mi away

3%1,740

Center4 mi away

3%1,314

Perry6.4 mi away

2%1,181

Scott10.1 mi away

2%1,127

Henderson, KY10.7 mi away

1%525

Center144.5 mi away

1%505

Black21 mi away

1%433

Pigeon2.1 mi away

1%403

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%11,567

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

How far

How far Evansville commutes

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

72%

15%

72%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evansville is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Evansville are

87,020 jobs are based in Evansville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evansville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Evansville

87,020 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Evansville residents hold

51,062 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in Evansville, 2013 → 2023: 87,159 → 87,020. 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.