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Work & commute · Jefferson

Work & commute in Jefferson, IN

Most working residents leave Jefferson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (24%), New Albany (5%) and Campbellsburg (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 359 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 355 Jefferson residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jefferson.

355live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
44work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Jefferson goes to work

CampbellsburgOrleansFrench LickSalemScottsburgWashingtonJasperNew AlbanyJeffersonvilleCarrWashingtonVernonJeffersonCenterMonroeDriftwoodBrownSalemNew AlbanyCampbellsburgJeffersonvilleWashingtonVernonCenterJasperScottsburgOrleansJefferson
1
Salem7.9 mi away
24%87
2
New Albany32.8 mi away
5%17
3
Campbellsburg6.8 mi away
4%15
4
Jeffersonville35.8 mi away
4%15
5
Washington7.2 mi away
3%11
6
Vernon8.9 mi away
3%11
7
Center73.8 mi away
3%11
8
Jasper47.5 mi away
3%9
9
Scottsburg20.4 mi away
2%7
10
Orleans16.1 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%170

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

How far

How far Jefferson commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Jefferson is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jefferson are

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

Jobs based in Jefferson

48 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)27%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Jefferson residents hold

359 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+433%

Jobs based in Jefferson, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 48. 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.

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