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Work & commute · Lost River

Work & commute in Lost River, IN

Most working residents leave Lost River for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (13%), Shoals (10%) and Halbert (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 233 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 233 Lost River residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lost River.

233live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lost River goes to work

LyonsLoogooteeFrench LickShoalsPaoliHuntingburgPrincetonWashingtonVincennesJasperBloomingtonEvansvilleFort WayneHalbertHamiltonRutherfordHarbisonVan BurenColumbiaLost RiverJasperShoalsHalbertLoogooteeFrench LickWashingtonEvansvilleVincennesBloomingtonVan BurenLost River
1
Jasper15.5 mi away
13%30
2
Shoals6.9 mi away
10%24
3
Halbert5.8 mi away
9%21
4
Loogootee11 mi away
4%9
5
French Lick7.9 mi away
4%9
6
Washington22.3 mi away
3%8
7
Evansville58 mi away
3%8
8
Vincennes41 mi away
3%7
9
Bloomington43.1 mi away
3%7
10
Van Buren17.7 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%105

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

How far

How far Lost River commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lost River is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lost River are

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

Jobs based in Lost River

15 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Lost River residents hold

233 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+650%

Jobs based in Lost River, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 15. 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.

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