Work & commute · Linton

Work & commute in Linton, IN

Most working residents leave Linton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (39%), Honey Creek (9%) and Wayne (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 474 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 434 Linton residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 2,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linton.

434live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

2,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linton goes to work

Terre Haute11.1 mi away

39%187

Honey Creek5.9 mi away

9%43

Linton (in town)right here

8%40

Wayne69.2 mi away

2%9

Center75.2 mi away

2%8

Van Buren25.8 mi away

2%8

Bloomington48.5 mi away

1%7

Evansville91.4 mi away

1%7

Otter Creek17.9 mi away

1%7

West Terre Haute11.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%152

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

How far

How far Linton commutes

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

35%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linton is a job hub

4.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Linton are

2,057 jobs are based in Linton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Linton

2,057 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Linton residents hold

474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+16%

Jobs based in Linton, 2013 → 2023: 1,766 → 2,057. 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.