Work & commute · Needham

Work & commute in Needham, IN

Most working residents leave Needham for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (22%), Center (12%) and Greenwood (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

152 of 3,710 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,558 Needham residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 1,774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Needham.

3,558live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

1,774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Needham goes to work

Franklin2.7 mi away

22%807

Center21.2 mi away

12%445

Greenwood9.7 mi away

7%262

Perry15.4 mi away

5%172

Wayne24 mi away

3%125

Warren19.8 mi away

3%123

Columbus19.9 mi away

3%117

Franklin13.1 mi away

3%96

Washington27.8 mi away

3%93

Carmel33.9 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,391

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

How far

How far Needham commutes

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

33%

41%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Needham is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Needham are

1,926 jobs are based in Needham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Needham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Needham

1,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Needham residents hold

3,710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+63%

Jobs based in Needham, 2013 → 2023: 1,184 → 1,926. 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.