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Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, IN

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Muncie (21%), Winchester (9%) and Richmond (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
144 of 1,432 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,288 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

1,288live here, work elsewhere
144live and work here
410work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Monroe goes to work

FarmlandParker CityAlbanyWinchesterPortlandRichmondAndersonMuncieFranklinWhite RiverMonroeUnionCenterGreenStoney CreekLibertyMuncieWinchesterRichmondAndersonParker CityPortlandCenterUnionFarmlandMonroe
1
Muncie12.7 mi away
21%294
2
Winchester9.9 mi away
9%130
3
Monroe (in town)right here
6%79
4
Richmond29.9 mi away
3%44
5
Anderson29.5 mi away
3%38
6
Parker City3.1 mi away
3%37
7
Portland17.9 mi away
3%37
8
Center60.2 mi away
3%37
9
Union11.2 mi away
2%29
10
Farmland2.3 mi away
2%28
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%679

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.

23%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

554 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

554 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

1,432 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−52%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 1,152 → 554. 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.

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