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Work & commute in Grandview Lake · A commuter town

100% of Grandview Lake’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Grandview Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (45%), Center (5%) and Bloomington (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 121 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
44 min
More than IN (24 min)
Work from home
23%
More than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
23
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Grandview Lake?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

45% of working residents work in Columbus

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

HopeNashville: 3 residents work here (2%)GeorgetownGreensburg: 2 residents work here (2%)Seymour: 4 residents work here (3%)Shelbyville: 2 residents work here (2%)Franklin: 2 residents work here (2%)New Albany: 3 residents work here (2%)Bloomington: 5 residents work here (4%)Fishers: 2 residents work here (2%)Columbus: 54 residents work here (45%)ShawswickColumbusHarrisonLauramieCampbellCenter: 6 residents work here (5%)ClayGermanGrandview LakeColumbusCenterBloomingtonSeymourNashvilleNew AlbanyGrandview Lake
1
Columbus7.6 mi away
45%54
2
Center43.4 mi away
5%6
3
Bloomington25.6 mi away
4%5
4
Seymour16.6 mi away
3%4
5
Nashville10.9 mi away
2%3
6
New Albany59.3 mi away
2%3
7
Greensburg32.2 mi away
2%2
8
Shelbyville30.8 mi away
2%2
9
Franklin23.7 mi away
2%2
10
Fishers56.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%38
The top trips

Where Grandview Lake clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 44 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
336 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grandview Lake44 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Grandview Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Grandview Lake quiets down on a workday

On a workday 121 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.

121live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
23work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday100
200live here− 120head out to work+ 23come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Grandview Lake on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Grandview Lake commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miColumbus: 45% · 7.6 miCenter: 5% · 43.4 miBloomington: 4% · 25.6 miSeymour: 3% · 16.6 miNashville: 2% · 10.9 miNew Albany: 2% · 59.3 miGreensburg: 2% · 32.2 miShelbyville: 2% · 30.8 miFranklin: 2% · 23.7 miFishers: 2% · 56.1 miColumbus 45%Center 5%Bloomington 4%Seymour 3%Nashville 2%Grandview Lake
Grandview LakeTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi55 residents
17%10–24 mi21 residents
21%25–50 mi25 residents
17%Over 50 mi20 residents

About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Grandview Lake makes things: 52% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in Grandview LakeJobs Grandview Lake residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms52%30%
Trade, transport & utilities13%19%
Services: health, schools, offices35%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%19%
Over $3,333 a month57%69%

Who does it

29 or younger4%22%
30 to 5474%57%
55 and older22%21%
+92%

Jobs based in Grandview Lake, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 23. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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