Work & commute · Licking

Work & commute in Licking, IN

About one in 4 of Licking’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hartford City (17%), Muncie (10%) and Marion (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

822 of 3,269 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,447 Licking residents head out of town to work, 822 work right here, and 1,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Licking.

2,447live here, work elsewhere

822live and work here

1,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Licking goes to work

Hartford City1.8 mi away

17%571

Muncie15.8 mi away

10%320

Licking (in town)right here

8%248

Marion17 mi away

7%219

Fort Wayne47.3 mi away

3%106

Gas City12 mi away

3%103

Portland20.9 mi away

3%92

Bluffton24.4 mi away

3%85

Center60.3 mi away

2%62

Kokomo39.4 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,416

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

How far

How far Licking commutes

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

30%

33%

16%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Licking is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Licking are

2,208 jobs are based in Licking. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Licking’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Licking

2,208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Licking residents hold

3,269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2%

Jobs based in Licking, 2013 → 2023: 2,167 → 2,208. 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.