Work & commute · Grass

Work & commute in Grass, IN

Most working residents leave Grass for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (14%), Jasper (8%) and Ferdinand (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
22 of 537 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 515 Grass residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 934 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grass.

515live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
934work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Grass goes to work

RockportFerdinandTell CityHuntingburgBoonvilleSanta ClausJasperEvansvilleOwensboroBoonSkeltonLuceCarterHuffJacksonOhioOhioGrassHammondEvansvilleJasperFerdinandBoonvilleOhioOwensboroHuntingburgCarterRockportGrass
1
Evansville24.7 mi away
14%76
2
Jasper28.3 mi away
8%45
3
Ferdinand19.8 mi away
4%22
4
Boonville11.8 mi away
4%21
5
Ohio17.2 mi away
4%21
6
Owensboro, KY16.8 mi away
3%18
7
Grass (in town)right here
3%17
8
Huntingburg21.9 mi away
3%16
9
Carter13.1 mi away
3%15
10
Rockport7.7 mi away
3%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%272

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

How far

How far Grass commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Grass is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grass are

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

Jobs based in Grass

956 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)62%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month8%
Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Grass residents hold

537 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+17%

Jobs based in Grass, 2013 → 2023: 818 → 956. 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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