Work & commute · Helt

Work & commute in Helt, IN

Most working residents leave Helt for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (20%), Clinton (8%) and Clinton (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 965 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 907 Helt residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helt.

907live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helt goes to work

Terre Haute21 mi away

20%189

Clinton7.7 mi away

8%74

Helt (in town)right here

5%52

Clinton7.5 mi away

4%41

Vermillion7 mi away

4%39

Center70 mi away

2%22

Paris, IL16 mi away

2%21

Danville, IL27.6 mi away

2%20

Rockville12.1 mi away

2%19

Crawfordsville35.4 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%472

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

How far

How far Helt commutes

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

23%

39%

11%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helt is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Helt are

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

Jobs based in Helt

708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Helt residents hold

965 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+245%

Jobs based in Helt, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 708. 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.