Work & commute · Linton

Work & commute in Linton, IN

About one in 5 of Linton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (4%), Bloomington (4%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

517 of 2,333 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,816 Linton residents head out of town to work, 517 work right here, and 1,758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linton.

1,816live here, work elsewhere

517live and work here

1,758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linton goes to work

Linton (in town)right here

22%517

Terre Haute31.8 mi away

4%94

Bloomington35.1 mi away

4%85

Center74.6 mi away

3%77

Busseron21.4 mi away

3%62

Spencer26.9 mi away

3%61

Bloomfield11.8 mi away

2%55

Grant3.9 mi away

2%46

Haddon14 mi away

2%45

Center21.7 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,248

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.

32%

19%

21%

28%

32%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Linton are

2,275 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

2,275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Linton residents hold

2,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+20%

Jobs based in Linton, 2013 → 2023: 1,895 → 2,275. 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.