Work & commute · Halbert

Work & commute in Halbert, IN

Most working residents leave Halbert for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (18%), Shoals (8%) and Loogootee (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

93 of 604 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 511 Halbert residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 777 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halbert.

511live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

777work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halbert goes to work

Jasper20.9 mi away

18%107

Halbert (in town)right here

8%47

Shoals3.3 mi away

8%46

Loogootee9.8 mi away

4%26

French Lick9.6 mi away

4%22

Washington22.9 mi away

3%18

Bedford19.7 mi away

3%17

Terre Haute65.9 mi away

3%17

Barr14.8 mi away

2%15

Vincennes41.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%276

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

How far

How far Halbert commutes

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

22%

40%

15%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halbert is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Halbert are

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

Jobs based in Halbert

870 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Halbert residents hold

604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+26%

Jobs based in Halbert, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 870. 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.