Work & commute · Martinsville

Work & commute in Martinsville, IN

Most working residents leave Martinsville for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Center (10%), Wayne (4%) and Mooresville (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

894 of 5,030 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,136 Martinsville residents head out of town to work, 894 work right here, and 3,738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Martinsville.

4,136live here, work elsewhere

894live and work here

3,738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Martinsville goes to work

Martinsville (in town)right here

18%894

Center29.4 mi away

10%510

Wayne26.3 mi away

4%208

Mooresville13.4 mi away

4%185

Plainfield19.5 mi away

4%177

Greenwood21.7 mi away

3%149

Washington35.4 mi away

3%147

Perry23.3 mi away

3%146

Pike33 mi away

3%130

Warren33.3 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,361

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

How far

How far Martinsville commutes

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

22%

33%

35%

10%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Martinsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Martinsville are

4,632 jobs are based in Martinsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martinsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Martinsville

4,632 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Martinsville residents hold

5,030 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−4%

Jobs based in Martinsville, 2013 → 2023: 4,813 → 4,632. 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.