Work & commute · Loogootee

Work & commute in Loogootee, IN

Most working residents leave Loogootee for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (13%), Washington (5%) and Perry (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

164 of 1,001 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 837 Loogootee residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loogootee.

837live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loogootee goes to work

Loogootee (in town)right here

16%164

Jasper19.6 mi away

13%134

Washington13.3 mi away

5%50

Perry7.9 mi away

4%39

Terre Haute59.8 mi away

3%31

Barr5.1 mi away

3%29

Vincennes32.1 mi away

3%28

Halbert9.8 mi away

3%28

Shoals6.5 mi away

3%26

Evansville58.2 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%447

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

How far

How far Loogootee commutes

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

29%

34%

14%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loogootee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Loogootee are

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

Jobs based in Loogootee

849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Loogootee residents hold

1,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−15%

Jobs based in Loogootee, 2013 → 2023: 996 → 849. 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.