Work & commute · Greentown

Work & commute in Greentown, IN

Most working residents leave Greentown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kokomo (33%), Liberty (3%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

84 of 969 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 885 Greentown residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greentown.

885live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greentown goes to work

Kokomo8.7 mi away

33%319

Greentown (in town)right here

9%84

Liberty1.8 mi away

3%30

Center49.4 mi away

3%29

Noblesville30.5 mi away

3%26

Marion16.6 mi away

2%24

Fort Wayne60.2 mi away

2%23

Carmel36.7 mi away

2%22

Lafayette47.6 mi away

2%18

Washington42.6 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%376

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

How far

How far Greentown commutes

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

44%

13%

24%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greentown is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greentown are

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

Jobs based in Greentown

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Greentown residents hold

969 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Greentown, 2013 → 2023: 471 → 526. 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.