Work & commute · Guilford

Work & commute in Guilford, IN

Most working residents leave Guilford for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Plainfield (18%), Center (14%) and Wayne (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,796 of 16,420 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,624 Guilford residents head out of town to work, 2,796 work right here, and 30,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guilford.

13,624live here, work elsewhere

2,796live and work here

30,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guilford goes to work

Plainfield1.3 mi away

18%2,882

Center14.7 mi away

14%2,286

Wayne9.2 mi away

8%1,306

Pike15.1 mi away

5%829

Washington18.8 mi away

4%663

Avon5.9 mi away

4%607

Carmel23.6 mi away

3%551

Decatur5.7 mi away

3%437

Warren20.6 mi away

2%384

Danville8.3 mi away

2%368

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%6,107

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

How far

How far Guilford commutes

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

39%

44%

39%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guilford is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Guilford are

33,114 jobs are based in Guilford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guilford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guilford

33,114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Guilford residents hold

16,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+55%

Jobs based in Guilford, 2013 → 2023: 21,321 → 33,114. 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.