Work & commute · New Castle

Work & commute in New Castle, IN

About one in 4 of New Castle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Henry (10%), Muncie (5%) and Anderson (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,493 of 6,607 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,114 New Castle residents head out of town to work, 1,493 work right here, and 3,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Castle.

5,114live here, work elsewhere

1,493live and work here

3,354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Castle goes to work

New Castle (in town)right here

23%1,493

Henry0.8 mi away

10%678

Muncie19.3 mi away

5%351

Anderson20.6 mi away

4%233

Spiceland7.8 mi away

3%231

Greenfield23.1 mi away

3%198

Center42 mi away

3%174

Richmond26.1 mi away

2%161

Prairie6.4 mi away

2%112

Rushville21.2 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,875

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

How far

How far New Castle commutes

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

41%

23%

20%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Castle is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Castle are

4,847 jobs are based in New Castle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Castle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Castle

4,847 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs New Castle residents hold

6,607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1%

Jobs based in New Castle, 2013 → 2023: 4,791 → 4,847. 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.