Work & commute · Greenwood

Work & commute in Greenwood, IN

Most working residents leave Greenwood for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Center (16%), Perry (6%) and Wayne (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

4,587 of 29,551 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 24,964 Greenwood residents head out of town to work, 4,587 work right here, and 30,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenwood.

24,964live here, work elsewhere

4,587live and work here

30,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenwood goes to work

Center12.1 mi away

16%4,806

Greenwood (in town)right here

16%4,587

Perry5.7 mi away

6%1,901

Wayne14.4 mi away

5%1,339

Franklin8 mi away

4%1,146

Franklin7.2 mi away

4%1,108

Warren12.8 mi away

4%1,098

Columbus29.1 mi away

3%974

Washington19 mi away

3%859

Pike20.7 mi away

3%788

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%10,945

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

How far

How far Greenwood commutes

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

38%

42%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenwood are

35,197 jobs are based in Greenwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenwood

35,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Greenwood residents hold

29,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+52%

Jobs based in Greenwood, 2013 → 2023: 23,223 → 35,197. 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.