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Work & commute in French Lick, IN

About one in 3 of French Lick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jasper (10%), Paoli (4%) and West Baden Springs (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
38%
317 of 827 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 510 French Lick residents head out of town to work, 317 work right here, and 2,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in French Lick.

510live here, work elsewhere
317live and work here
2,117work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where French Lick goes to work

West Baden SpringsOrleansFrench LickMitchellPaoliJasperBedfordBloomingtonJacksonGreenfieldCenterOrangevilleOrleansPaoliFrench LickJasperPaoliWest Baden SpringsCenterOrleansOrleansMitchellBedfordBloomingtonFrench Lick
1
French Lick (in town)right here
38%317
2
Jasper20.3 mi away
10%79
3
Paoli8.1 mi away
4%37
4
West Baden Springs1.7 mi away
2%15
5
Center88.8 mi away
2%15
6
Orleans12.1 mi away
2%14
7
Orleans11.5 mi away
2%13
8
Mitchell15.3 mi away
1%11
9
Bedford22.8 mi away
1%11
10
Bloomington43 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%304

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.

49%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

French Lick is a job hub

2.94jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in French Lick are

2,434 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

2,434 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs French Lick residents hold

827 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+3%

Jobs based in French Lick, 2013 → 2023: 2,360 → 2,434. 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.

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