Work & commute · Pendleton

Work & commute in Pendleton, IN

Most working residents leave Pendleton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (13%), Fishers (7%) and Noblesville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

219 of 2,059 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,840 Pendleton residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 2,847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pendleton.

1,840live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

2,847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pendleton goes to work

Anderson6.8 mi away

13%263

Pendleton (in town)right here

11%219

Fishers11.5 mi away

7%152

Noblesville13.1 mi away

6%119

Lawrence16.2 mi away

4%88

Center25.7 mi away

4%86

Carmel20.7 mi away

4%76

Muncie23.4 mi away

3%71

Washington22.2 mi away

3%63

Fall Creek1.8 mi away

3%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%869

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

How far

How far Pendleton commutes

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

34%

38%

17%

12%

34%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pendleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pendleton are

3,066 jobs are based in Pendleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pendleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pendleton

3,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pendleton residents hold

2,059 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+12%

Jobs based in Pendleton, 2013 → 2023: 2,741 → 3,066. 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.