Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, IN

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Vincennes (25%), Vincennes (8%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 205 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

205live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Vincennes9.5 mi away

25%52

Vincennes11.3 mi away

8%17

Washington10.8 mi away

6%12

Terre Haute58.7 mi away

5%10

Harrison2.6 mi away

5%10

Palmyra5.4 mi away

4%9

Busseron17.2 mi away

4%8

Patoka22.3 mi away

3%7

Washington10.3 mi away

3%7

Washington11.2 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%70

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

38%

32%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

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

Jobs based in Monroe

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+14%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 40. 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.