Work & commute · German

Work & commute in German, IN

Most working residents leave German for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (43%), Edinburgh (4%) and Franklin (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

231 of 3,131 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,900 German residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 2,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German.

2,900live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

2,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German goes to work

Columbus7.2 mi away

43%1,353

German (in town)right here

5%159

Edinburgh3 mi away

4%132

Franklin14 mi away

4%124

Seymour25.4 mi away

3%90

Center33.8 mi away

3%79

Greenwood22 mi away

2%70

Bloomington32.6 mi away

2%58

Shelbyville18.6 mi away

1%46

Washington40.5 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%980

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.

48%

23%

19%

11%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in German are

3,063 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

3,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs German residents hold

3,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−19%

Jobs based in German, 2013 → 2023: 3,764 → 3,063. 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.