Work & commute · New Point

Work & commute in New Point, IN

Most working residents leave New Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greensburg (36%), Washington (8%) and Batesville (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 134 New Point residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Point.

134live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Point goes to work

Greensburg9.7 mi away

36%49

Washington8 mi away

8%11

Batesville6.1 mi away

5%7

Columbus32.6 mi away

4%6

Seymour39.2 mi away

4%5

Osgood12.6 mi away

3%4

Shelbyville29.1 mi away

2%3

Center54 mi away

2%3

Washington58.5 mi away

2%3

Napoleon7.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%43

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

How far

How far New Point commutes

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

48%

16%

19%

17%

48%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Point is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Point are

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

Jobs based in New Point

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs New Point residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−55%

Jobs based in New Point, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 59. 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.