Work & commute · Nashville

Work & commute in Nashville, IN

Most working residents leave Nashville for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (16%), Bloomington (12%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

83 of 467 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 384 Nashville residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 2,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nashville.

384live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

2,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nashville goes to work

Nashville (in town)right here

18%83

Columbus16.8 mi away

16%74

Bloomington15.7 mi away

12%54

Washington3.2 mi away

6%29

Center39.6 mi away

4%19

Washington46.5 mi away

2%9

Seymour26 mi away

2%8

Franklin22.2 mi away

2%8

Carmel52.6 mi away

1%7

Greenwood28.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%170

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

How far

How far Nashville commutes

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

27%

38%

22%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nashville is a job hub

4.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Nashville are

2,139 jobs are based in Nashville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nashville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nashville

2,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Nashville residents hold

467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+39%

Jobs based in Nashville, 2013 → 2023: 1,544 → 2,139. 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.