Work & commute · Oldenburg

Work & commute in Oldenburg, IN

Most working residents leave Oldenburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (38%), Greensburg (8%) and Center (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 314 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 313 Oldenburg residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oldenburg.

313live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oldenburg goes to work

Batesville2.8 mi away

38%118

Greensburg15.9 mi away

8%25

Center58.4 mi away

4%12

Cincinnati, OH39.7 mi away

2%7

Adams5.8 mi away

2%6

Shelbyville33.8 mi away

2%5

Richmond38.1 mi away

2%5

Versailles19.1 mi away

1%4

Lawrence55.6 mi away

1%4

Franklin12 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%124

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

How far

How far Oldenburg commutes

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

43%

20%

16%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oldenburg is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oldenburg are

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

Jobs based in Oldenburg

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Oldenburg residents hold

314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+35%

Jobs based in Oldenburg, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 113. 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.