Work & commute · New Palestine

Work & commute in New Palestine, IN

Most working residents leave New Palestine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Center (17%), Warren (8%) and Greenfield (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,517 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,461 New Palestine residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 997 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Palestine.

1,461live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

997work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Palestine goes to work

Center13.6 mi away

17%259

Warren7.4 mi away

8%116

Greenfield7.7 mi away

7%99

Washington16.8 mi away

6%97

Lawrence11.7 mi away

5%73

Carmel21.3 mi away

4%58

New Palestine (in town)right here

4%56

Pike22.3 mi away

3%51

Perry14.5 mi away

3%44

Sugar Creek0.7 mi away

3%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%621

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

How far

How far New Palestine commutes

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

23%

60%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Palestine is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Palestine are

1,053 jobs are based in New Palestine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Palestine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Palestine

1,053 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs New Palestine residents hold

1,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+60%

Jobs based in New Palestine, 2013 → 2023: 659 → 1,053. 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.