Work & commute · Linden

Work & commute in Linden, IN

Most working residents leave Linden for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Crawfordsville (18%), Lafayette (18%) and West Lafayette (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 359 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 341 Linden residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linden.

341live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linden goes to work

Crawfordsville10.2 mi away

18%65

Lafayette14.7 mi away

18%63

Linden (in town)right here

5%18

West Lafayette17.6 mi away

5%17

Union10.4 mi away

3%11

Frankfort20.2 mi away

3%9

Pike40 mi away

3%9

Center49.5 mi away

2%7

Carmel42.7 mi away

2%6

Madison2.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%148

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

How far

How far Linden commutes

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

18%

45%

21%

16%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Linden are

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

Jobs based in Linden

448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Linden residents hold

359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Linden, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 448. 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.