Work & commute · Luce

Work & commute in Luce, IN

Most working residents leave Luce for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Evansville (21%), Owensboro (7%) and Rockport (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,048 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 1,033 Luce residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luce.

1,033live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luce goes to work

Evansville18.9 mi away

21%220

Owensboro, KY11.7 mi away

7%71

Rockport8.2 mi away

6%68

Boonville10.5 mi away

4%42

Anderson5.7 mi away

3%34

Ohio12.2 mi away

3%34

Grass8.8 mi away

3%32

Reo4.8 mi away

3%32

Jasper36.1 mi away

3%30

Ohio5.8 mi away

3%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%458

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

How far

How far Luce commutes

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

21%

47%

14%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luce is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Luce are

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

Jobs based in Luce

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Luce residents hold

1,048 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−14%

Jobs based in Luce, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 109. 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.