Work & commute · Kirklin

Work & commute in Kirklin, IN

Most working residents leave Kirklin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Frankfort (23%), Lafayette (8%) and Lebanon (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 442 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 414 Kirklin residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirklin.

414live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirklin goes to work

Frankfort9.6 mi away

23%103

Lafayette28.6 mi away

8%37

Lebanon13.5 mi away

6%25

Kirklin2.1 mi away

5%23

Center33.1 mi away

4%16

Sheridan10.8 mi away

3%13

Carmel21.3 mi away

2%9

Pike24.5 mi away

2%9

Center12.8 mi away

2%8

Kokomo21.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%192

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

How far

How far Kirklin commutes

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

24%

40%

23%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirklin is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirklin are

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

Jobs based in Kirklin

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kirklin residents hold

442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+94%

Jobs based in Kirklin, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 157. 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.