Work & commute · Greencastle

Work & commute in Greencastle, IN

About one in 3 of Greencastle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greencastle (6%), Center (4%) and Plainfield (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,520 of 4,159 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,639 Greencastle residents head out of town to work, 1,520 work right here, and 6,516 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greencastle.

2,639live here, work elsewhere

1,520live and work here

6,516work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greencastle goes to work

Greencastle (in town)right here

37%1,520

Greencastle0.4 mi away

6%261

Center38.7 mi away

4%183

Plainfield25.4 mi away

3%121

Wayne32.3 mi away

2%99

Terre Haute30.8 mi away

2%89

Pike34.8 mi away

2%82

Cloverdale8.7 mi away

2%78

Danville20.3 mi away

2%68

Perry36.8 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,595

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.

47%

32%

13%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greencastle is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greencastle are

8,036 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

8,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Greencastle residents hold

4,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−8%

Jobs based in Greencastle, 2013 → 2023: 8,712 → 8,036. 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.