Work & commute · Pigeon

Work & commute in Pigeon, IN

About one in 3 of Pigeon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Evansville (60%), Patoka (4%) and Ohio (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

3,470 of 11,468 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 7,998 Pigeon residents head out of town to work, 3,470 work right here, and 37,281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pigeon.

7,998live here, work elsewhere

3,470live and work here

37,281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pigeon goes to work

Evansville2.1 mi away

60%6,861

Patoka26 mi away

4%464

Ohio9.5 mi away

3%317

Perry4.4 mi away

2%273

Center5.2 mi away

2%271

Scott11.2 mi away

2%243

Pigeon (in town)right here

1%132

Henderson, KY9.5 mi away

1%130

Center146.3 mi away

1%107

Black19.1 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%2,573

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

How far

How far Pigeon commutes

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

72%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pigeon is a job hub

3.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pigeon are

40,751 jobs are based in Pigeon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pigeon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pigeon

40,751 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Pigeon residents hold

11,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+6%

Jobs based in Pigeon, 2013 → 2023: 38,280 → 40,751. 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.