Work & commute · Lovett

Work & commute in Lovett, IN

Most working residents leave Lovett for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are North Vernon (16%), Columbus (15%) and Seymour (13%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 489 Lovett residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovett.

489live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovett goes to work

North Vernon7.6 mi away

16%82

Columbus25.9 mi away

15%77

Seymour13.9 mi away

13%67

Madison16.3 mi away

7%33

Vernon4.3 mi away

2%11

Lovett (in town)right here

2%9

Vernon5.8 mi away

2%8

Spencer7.1 mi away

2%8

Greenwood54.4 mi away

1%7

Perry60.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%189

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

How far

How far Lovett commutes

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

25%

35%

14%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovett is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lovett are

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

Jobs based in Lovett

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lovett residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+630%

Jobs based in Lovett, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 219. 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.