Work & commute · German

Work & commute in German, IN

Most working residents leave German for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (55%), Center (4%) and Patoka (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 3,440 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,342 German residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German.

3,342live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German goes to work

Evansville7.1 mi away

55%1,884

Center5.7 mi away

4%126

Patoka21.3 mi away

3%112

Perry5.4 mi away

3%111

Ohio13.8 mi away

3%106

German (in town)right here

3%98

Scott8.6 mi away

3%91

Black16.2 mi away

1%37

Center144.4 mi away

1%28

Mount Vernon15.6 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%821

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

How far

How far German commutes

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

65%

19%

13%

65%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in German are

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

Jobs based in German

948 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs German residents hold

3,440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in German, 2013 → 2023: 830 → 948. 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.