Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, IN

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbyville (11%), Center (10%) and Morristown (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

102 of 1,061 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 959 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,053 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

959live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,053work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Shelbyville9.3 mi away

11%114

Center25.9 mi away

10%104

Morristown3.7 mi away

8%84

Greenfield10.6 mi away

7%75

Warren19.8 mi away

5%52

Washington29 mi away

3%37

Perry25.5 mi away

3%31

Greenwood23.1 mi away

3%28

Carmel32.8 mi away

2%25

Pike34.7 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%486

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

20%

39%

32%

10%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

1,155 jobs are based in Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanover

1,155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

1,061 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+48%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 783 → 1,155. 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.