Work & commute · Monon

Work & commute in Monon, IN

Most working residents leave Monon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Monon (9%), Lafayette (8%) and Monticello (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

99 of 750 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 651 Monon residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 642 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monon.

651live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

642work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monon goes to work

Monon (in town)right here

13%99

Monon0.9 mi away

9%66

Lafayette32.1 mi away

8%60

Monticello10.1 mi away

7%54

Honey Creek6.2 mi away

3%23

Union9.8 mi away

3%22

West Lafayette29.2 mi away

3%19

Marion13.8 mi away

2%17

Rensselaer15.5 mi away

2%16

Washington78.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%359

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

How far

How far Monon commutes

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

35%

19%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monon are

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

Jobs based in Monon

741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Monon residents hold

750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−11%

Jobs based in Monon, 2013 → 2023: 837 → 741. 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.