Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, IN

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (14%), Alexandria (10%) and Elwood (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

412 of 3,449 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,037 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 1,253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

3,037live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

1,253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Anderson12.3 mi away

14%488

Alexandria0.8 mi away

10%339

Elwood9.4 mi away

6%197

Muncie14.7 mi away

6%197

Center42.4 mi away

4%132

Washington37.2 mi away

4%129

Lawrence33 mi away

3%115

Noblesville24.2 mi away

3%103

Fishers26.7 mi away

3%94

Warren38.9 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,573

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.

24%

31%

32%

13%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

1,665 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

1,665 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

3,449 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−30%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 2,373 → 1,665. 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.