Work & commute · Pierson

Work & commute in Pierson, IN

Most working residents leave Pierson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (42%), Honey Creek (9%) and Linton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 490 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 486 Pierson residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierson.

486live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierson goes to work

Terre Haute11.9 mi away

42%208

Honey Creek8.6 mi away

9%45

Linton6.3 mi away

6%29

Center69.7 mi away

3%15

Evansville91.8 mi away

2%8

Van Buren21.9 mi away

1%6

Clinton25.4 mi away

1%5

Brazil17.6 mi away

1%5

St. Mary of the Woods17.1 mi away

1%5

Marshall, IL22.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%160

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

How far

How far Pierson commutes

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

27%

47%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierson is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierson are

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

Jobs based in Pierson

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Pierson residents hold

490 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+56%

Jobs based in Pierson, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 170. 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.