Work & commute · Johnson

Work & commute in Johnson, IN

Most working residents leave Johnson for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (29%), Patoka (11%) and Princeton (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 2,098 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,909 Johnson residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnson.

1,909live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnson goes to work

Evansville13.9 mi away

29%610

Patoka11.2 mi away

11%238

Johnson (in town)right here

6%118

Princeton11.5 mi away

4%86

Haubstadt1.1 mi away

3%71

Scott4.3 mi away

3%70

Union4.4 mi away

3%65

Center9.9 mi away

3%64

Ohio16.3 mi away

3%58

Montgomery11.1 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%672

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

How far

How far Johnson commutes

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

33%

47%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnson is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnson are

1,132 jobs are based in Johnson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnson

1,132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Johnson residents hold

2,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+36%

Jobs based in Johnson, 2013 → 2023: 830 → 1,132. 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.