Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, IN

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Monticello (14%), Lafayette (11%) and Union (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 272 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

272live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Monticello6 mi away

14%40

Lafayette28.4 mi away

11%32

Union6.2 mi away

8%21

Logansport16.3 mi away

4%11

Frankfort35.3 mi away

3%7

Lincoln (in town)right here

2%6

Rensselaer28.2 mi away

2%5

Monon13 mi away

2%5

Deer Creek13.8 mi away

2%5

West Lafayette27 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%143

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

32%

15%

21%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+168%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 75. 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.