Work & commute · Matthews

Work & commute in Matthews, IN

Most working residents leave Matthews for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (16%), Upland (15%) and Muncie (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 173 Matthews residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matthews.

173live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matthews goes to work

Marion14.1 mi away

16%29

Upland5.2 mi away

15%27

Muncie14.1 mi away

6%11

Fort Wayne51.9 mi away

5%8

Gas City8.6 mi away

4%7

Center54.2 mi away

3%6

Jefferson2.8 mi away

3%6

Hartford City8 mi away

3%5

Kokomo33.5 mi away

3%5

Monroe9 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%67

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

How far

How far Matthews commutes

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

28%

32%

18%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matthews is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Matthews are

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

Jobs based in Matthews

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Matthews residents hold

176 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 month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+324%

Jobs based in Matthews, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 106. 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.