Work & commute · Frankton

Work & commute in Frankton, IN

Most working residents leave Frankton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (14%), Elwood (7%) and Center (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 773 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 726 Frankton residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankton.

726live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankton goes to work

Anderson10.1 mi away

14%108

Elwood5 mi away

7%53

Frankton (in town)right here

6%47

Center36.4 mi away

4%30

Fishers20.7 mi away

3%26

Noblesville17.7 mi away

3%26

Muncie19.9 mi away

3%24

Washington30.9 mi away

3%24

Warren33.4 mi away

3%23

Carmel26.6 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%390

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

How far

How far Frankton commutes

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

28%

32%

28%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankton are

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

Jobs based in Frankton

309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Frankton residents hold

773 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+21%

Jobs based in Frankton, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 309. 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.