Work & commute · Lost Creek

Work & commute in Lost Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Lost Creek for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (45%), Honey Creek (4%) and Center (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

273 of 4,279 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,006 Lost Creek residents head out of town to work, 273 work right here, and 2,207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost Creek.

4,006live here, work elsewhere

273live and work here

2,207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lost Creek goes to work

Terre Haute4.5 mi away

45%1,915

Honey Creek8.5 mi away

4%172

Center64.8 mi away

2%105

Brazil9.5 mi away

2%103

Van Buren13.8 mi away

2%93

Linton13.3 mi away

2%86

Otter Creek6.6 mi away

2%81

Greencastle26.4 mi away

1%57

North Terre Haute5.7 mi away

1%54

Washington67.1 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,568

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

How far

How far Lost Creek commutes

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

58%

12%

24%

58%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lost Creek is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost Creek are

2,480 jobs are based in Lost Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lost Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lost Creek

2,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lost Creek residents hold

4,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+10%

Jobs based in Lost Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2,260 → 2,480. 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.