Work & commute · Jeffersonville

Work & commute in Jeffersonville, IN

About one in 5 of Jeffersonville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Albany (9%), Clarksville (6%) and Utica (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

5,408 of 25,123 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,715 Jeffersonville residents head out of town to work, 5,408 work right here, and 22,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jeffersonville.

19,715live here, work elsewhere

5,408live and work here

22,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jeffersonville goes to work

Jeffersonville (in town)right here

22%5,408

New Albany7 mi away

9%2,182

Clarksville3.8 mi away

6%1,431

Utica2.1 mi away

3%727

Jeffersontown, KY11.4 mi away

2%493

Washington109.1 mi away

2%451

St. Matthews, KY6.8 mi away

2%398

Watterson Park, KY9.8 mi away

1%307

Center102.3 mi away

1%276

Charlestown6.7 mi away

1%268

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%13,182

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

How far

How far Jeffersonville commutes

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

63%

24%

63%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jeffersonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jeffersonville are

27,636 jobs are based in Jeffersonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jeffersonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jeffersonville

27,636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Jeffersonville residents hold

25,123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+13%

Jobs based in Jeffersonville, 2013 → 2023: 24,492 → 27,636. 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.