Work & commute · Greencastle

Work & commute in Greencastle, IN

42% of Greencastle’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Greencastle (35%), Center (4%) and Plainfield (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

2,194 of 5,286 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,092 Greencastle residents head out of town to work, 2,194 work right here, and 7,170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greencastle.

3,092live here, work elsewhere

2,194live and work here

7,170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greencastle goes to work

Greencastle0.4 mi away

35%1,850

Greencastle (in town)right here

7%344

Center38.7 mi away

4%236

Plainfield25.5 mi away

3%168

Wayne32.3 mi away

3%134

Terre Haute30.8 mi away

2%119

Cloverdale9.1 mi away

2%111

Pike34.7 mi away

2%111

Danville20.3 mi away

2%90

Perry36.9 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,047

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

How far

How far Greencastle commutes

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

46%

33%

13%

46%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greencastle is a job hub

1.77jobs 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 Greencastle are

9,364 jobs are based in Greencastle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greencastle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greencastle

9,364 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Greencastle residents hold

5,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−4%

Jobs based in Greencastle, 2013 → 2023: 9,756 → 9,364. 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.