Work & commute · New Albany

Work & commute in New Albany, IN

About one in 4 of New Albany’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jeffersonville (11%), Clarksville (5%) and Jeffersontown (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

4,000 of 17,534 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,534 New Albany residents head out of town to work, 4,000 work right here, and 20,493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Albany.

13,534live here, work elsewhere

4,000live and work here

20,493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Albany goes to work

New Albany (in town)right here

23%4,000

Jeffersonville7 mi away

11%1,947

Clarksville3.1 mi away

5%841

Jeffersontown, KY15.6 mi away

2%336

Washington109.4 mi away

2%309

Utica8.5 mi away

1%261

New Albany0.6 mi away

1%236

Center102.5 mi away

1%206

St. Matthews, KY11 mi away

1%190

Sellersburg6.6 mi away

1%185

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%9,023

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

How far

How far New Albany commutes

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

61%

12%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Albany is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Albany are

24,493 jobs are based in New Albany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Albany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Albany

24,493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs New Albany residents hold

17,534 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+12%

Jobs based in New Albany, 2013 → 2023: 21,916 → 24,493. 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.