Work & commute · Lapel

Work & commute in Lapel, IN

Most working residents leave Lapel for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Noblesville (13%), Anderson (10%) and Fishers (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 991 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 952 Lapel residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lapel.

952live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lapel goes to work

Noblesville8.7 mi away

13%126

Anderson8.9 mi away

10%97

Fishers8.4 mi away

7%69

Center23.8 mi away

6%55

Washington19.3 mi away

5%50

Lawrence14.3 mi away

4%44

Carmel17 mi away

4%43

Lapel (in town)right here

4%39

Pendleton4.6 mi away

3%30

Stony Creek3.1 mi away

3%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%410

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

How far

How far Lapel commutes

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

36%

38%

14%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lapel is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lapel are

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

Jobs based in Lapel

654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lapel residents hold

991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+108%

Jobs based in Lapel, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 654. 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.