Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, IN

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (19%), Muncie (9%) and Fall Creek (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 803 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 772 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

772live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

477work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Anderson8 mi away

19%153

Muncie12.4 mi away

9%71

Fall Creek2.2 mi away

8%62

Middletown (in town)right here

4%31

Center37.2 mi away

3%25

Washington34.2 mi away

2%18

Pendleton12.1 mi away

2%16

Henry12.9 mi away

2%16

New Castle13.3 mi away

2%15

Carmel32.7 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%381

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

34%

30%

22%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

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

Jobs based in Middletown

508 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−39%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 828 → 508. 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.