Every workday, about 3,100 people come to Ferdinand for work
About one in 4 of Ferdinand’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jasper (25%), Ferdinand (23%) and Huntingburg (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
What kind of work town is Ferdinand?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Ferdinand makes things: 76% of its jobs are in goods
3,560 jobs are based in Ferdinand. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ferdinand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferdinand, 2013 → 2023: 3,139 → 3,560. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferdinand workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Where Ferdinand’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ferdinand clocks in
25% of workers
23% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Ferdinand fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,455 residents head out to work, 464 work right here, and 3,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Ferdinand on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Ferdinand commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Ferdinand and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Ferdinand’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Ferdinand
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ferdinand, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.