Work & commute · French Lick

Work & commute in French Lick, IN

About one in 3 of French Lick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are French Lick (31%), Jasper (9%) and Paoli (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

744 of 2,150 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,406 French Lick residents head out of town to work, 744 work right here, and 2,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in French Lick.

1,406live here, work elsewhere

744live and work here

2,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where French Lick goes to work

French Lick0.4 mi away

31%675

Jasper20.7 mi away

9%204

Paoli7.7 mi away

7%152

Orleans11.8 mi away

2%50

Bedford22.7 mi away

2%49

Bloomington43 mi away

2%44

Center88.7 mi away

2%42

Orleans11.2 mi away

2%37

West Baden Springs1.7 mi away

1%28

French Lick (in town)right here

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%841

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

How far

How far French Lick commutes

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

45%

22%

11%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

French Lick is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in French Lick are

2,794 jobs are based in French Lick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs French Lick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in French Lick

2,794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs French Lick residents hold

2,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in French Lick, 2013 → 2023: 2,710 → 2,794. 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.