Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, IN

Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Albany (19%), Jeffersonville (8%) and Clarksville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 3,909 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,764 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

3,764live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

687work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

New Albany9.3 mi away

19%728

Jeffersonville15.3 mi away

8%314

Clarksville11.9 mi away

4%155

Greenville (in town)right here

2%82

Lafayette5.4 mi away

2%80

Floyds Knobs5.7 mi away

2%73

Jeffersontown, KY25 mi away

2%62

Washington104.3 mi away

1%57

Sellersburg11.2 mi away

1%53

Wood5.4 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,253

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

37%

38%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenville are

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

Jobs based in Greenville

832 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

3,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+32%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 832. 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.