Work & commute · Monrovia

Work & commute in Monrovia, IN

Most working residents leave Monrovia for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Center (14%), Plainfield (8%) and Wayne (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 912 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 861 Monrovia residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monrovia.

861live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monrovia goes to work

Center22.4 mi away

14%126

Plainfield9.4 mi away

8%70

Wayne17.3 mi away

7%68

Mooresville6 mi away

6%52

Monrovia (in town)right here

6%51

Perry18.3 mi away

4%35

Washington26.9 mi away

4%35

Warren27.9 mi away

4%33

Pike23 mi away

3%28

Carmel31.6 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%393

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

How far

How far Monrovia commutes

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

21%

49%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monrovia is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monrovia are

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

Jobs based in Monrovia

538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Monrovia residents hold

912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+9%

Jobs based in Monrovia, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 538. 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.