Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, IN

About one in 4 of Lebanon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Center (7%), Pike (6%) and Carmel (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

2,013 of 8,376 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,363 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 2,013 work right here, and 8,173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

6,363live here, work elsewhere

2,013live and work here

8,173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Lebanon (in town)right here

24%2,013

Center24.8 mi away

7%623

Pike15.2 mi away

6%532

Carmel17.3 mi away

5%409

Center0.8 mi away

5%406

Washington20.2 mi away

4%309

Whitestown6.5 mi away

4%307

Wayne21.1 mi away

3%254

Zionsville8 mi away

3%215

Warren29.7 mi away

2%161

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,147

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

34%

22%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

10,186 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

10,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

8,376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+30%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 7,863 → 10,186. 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.