Work & commute · Fort Branch

Work & commute in Fort Branch, IN

Most working residents leave Fort Branch for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Patoka (22%), Evansville (21%) and Princeton (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 1,477 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,404 Fort Branch residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Branch.

1,404live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Branch goes to work

Patoka7.2 mi away

22%324

Evansville18 mi away

21%304

Princeton7.5 mi away

10%141

Union1.2 mi away

6%83

Fort Branch (in town)right here

5%73

Johnson4.1 mi away

3%41

Ohio19.7 mi away

2%30

Center13.9 mi away

2%27

Scott8 mi away

2%26

Montgomery9.1 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%402

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

How far

How far Fort Branch commutes

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

49%

33%

12%

49%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Branch is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Branch are

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

Jobs based in Fort Branch

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Fort Branch residents hold

1,477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−33%

Jobs based in Fort Branch, 2013 → 2023: 745 → 497. 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.