Work & commute · Fortville

Work & commute in Fortville, IN

Most working residents leave Fortville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Center (11%), Fishers (8%) and Washington (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

219 of 2,847 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,628 Fortville residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 1,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fortville.

2,628live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

1,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fortville goes to work

Center18.6 mi away

11%318

Fishers6.9 mi away

8%238

Fortville (in town)right here

8%219

Washington16.1 mi away

7%196

Lawrence9.4 mi away

7%188

Warren13.8 mi away

6%169

Carmel16.2 mi away

5%148

Noblesville11.4 mi away

5%142

Pike22.5 mi away

3%94

Greenfield9.9 mi away

3%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,043

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

How far

How far Fortville commutes

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

26%

53%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fortville is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fortville are

1,726 jobs are based in Fortville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fortville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fortville

1,726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fortville residents hold

2,847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+18%

Jobs based in Fortville, 2013 → 2023: 1,458 → 1,726. 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.