Work & commute · Napoleon

Work & commute in Napoleon, IN

Most working residents leave Napoleon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (19%), Greensburg (9%) and Osgood (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 113 Napoleon residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Napoleon.

113live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Napoleon goes to work

Batesville8.9 mi away

19%22

Greensburg13.7 mi away

9%10

Osgood5.6 mi away

7%8

Johnson11 mi away

3%4

Napoleon (in town)right here

3%3

Versailles10.5 mi away

3%3

Milan12.4 mi away

3%3

Cincinnati, OH44.3 mi away

3%3

Jackson2.2 mi away

3%3

Seymour34.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%55

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

How far

How far Napoleon commutes

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

36%

22%

18%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Napoleon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Napoleon are

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

Jobs based in Napoleon

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Napoleon residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+1027%

Jobs based in Napoleon, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 169. 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.