Work & commute · Oolitic

Work & commute in Oolitic, IN

Most working residents leave Oolitic for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (22%), Bedford (20%) and Richland (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 440 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 436 Oolitic residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oolitic.

436live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oolitic goes to work

Bloomington18.7 mi away

22%97

Bedford3 mi away

20%88

Richland21.7 mi away

5%22

Bloomington21.9 mi away

4%19

Center64.4 mi away

3%14

Perry15.6 mi away

3%12

Marion10.2 mi away

2%8

Perry19.2 mi away

1%6

Seymour34.4 mi away

1%5

Shawswick5.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%164

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

How far

How far Oolitic commutes

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

28%

43%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oolitic is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oolitic are

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

Jobs based in Oolitic

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Oolitic residents hold

440 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−42%

Jobs based in Oolitic, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 124. 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.