Work & commute · Middle

Work & commute in Middle, IN

Most working residents leave Middle for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Center (14%), Brownsburg (8%) and Pike (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 3,759 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,599 Middle residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 1,221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middle.

3,599live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

1,221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middle goes to work

Center18.6 mi away

14%545

Brownsburg4.9 mi away

8%308

Pike10.8 mi away

7%272

Wayne12.7 mi away

7%254

Washington17.3 mi away

6%227

Carmel18.4 mi away

5%194

Danville7.5 mi away

4%150

Plainfield12.9 mi away

3%126

Avon8.2 mi away

3%124

Pittsboro0.5 mi away

3%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,443

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

How far

How far Middle commutes

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

28%

56%

28%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middle is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middle are

1,381 jobs are based in Middle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middle

1,381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Middle residents hold

3,759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+46%

Jobs based in Middle, 2013 → 2023: 946 → 1,381. 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.