Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, IN

About one in 5 of Greenfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Center (11%), Warren (5%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,555 of 12,645 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 10,090 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 2,555 work right here, and 10,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

10,090live here, work elsewhere

2,555live and work here

10,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Greenfield (in town)right here

20%2,555

Center19.5 mi away

11%1,444

Warren13 mi away

5%670

Washington20.5 mi away

5%582

Carmel23.2 mi away

4%453

Pike26.8 mi away

3%431

Lawrence13.7 mi away

3%418

Fishers15.6 mi away

3%365

Wayne26.1 mi away

3%337

Greenwood22 mi away

2%276

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%5,114

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

26%

49%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

13,300 jobs are based in Greenfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenfield

13,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

12,645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 11,075 → 13,300. 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.