Work & commute · Hammond

Work & commute in Hammond, IN

Most working residents leave Hammond for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (11%), Jasper (7%) and Ferdinand (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 705 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 699 Hammond residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hammond.

699live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hammond goes to work

Evansville31.4 mi away

11%79

Jasper28.5 mi away

7%51

Ferdinand17.9 mi away

6%39

Rockport8.2 mi away

5%37

Dale14.1 mi away

5%34

Owensboro, KY17.7 mi away

4%28

Santa Claus9.5 mi away

3%23

Tell City11 mi away

3%22

Tobin19.1 mi away

3%21

Ohio10.3 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%352

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

How far

How far Hammond commutes

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

17%

37%

28%

18%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hammond is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hammond are

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

Jobs based in Hammond

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hammond residents hold

705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−25%

Jobs based in Hammond, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 81. 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.