Work & commute · North Vernon

Work & commute in North Vernon, IN

About one in 5 of North Vernon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (15%), Seymour (12%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

678 of 3,038 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,360 North Vernon residents head out of town to work, 678 work right here, and 4,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Vernon.

2,360live here, work elsewhere

678live and work here

4,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Vernon goes to work

North Vernon (in town)right here

22%678

Columbus20.5 mi away

15%452

Seymour14.7 mi away

12%352

Center59.2 mi away

3%82

Vernon2.3 mi away

2%49

Madison21.7 mi away

2%49

Greensburg24.2 mi away

1%45

Geneva6.7 mi away

1%43

Spencer7.1 mi away

1%39

Perry53.7 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,211

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

How far

How far North Vernon commutes

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

31%

33%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Vernon is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Vernon are

5,218 jobs are based in North Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Vernon

5,218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs North Vernon residents hold

3,038 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1%

Jobs based in North Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 5,160 → 5,218. 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.