Work & commute · Plainfield

Work & commute in Plainfield, IN

Most working residents leave Plainfield for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Center (14%), Wayne (8%) and Pike (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,982 of 17,396 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 14,414 Plainfield residents head out of town to work, 2,982 work right here, and 32,095 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainfield.

14,414live here, work elsewhere

2,982live and work here

32,095work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainfield goes to work

Plainfield (in town)right here

17%2,982

Center13.6 mi away

14%2,442

Wayne8 mi away

8%1,457

Pike13.8 mi away

5%916

Washington17.6 mi away

4%709

Avon4.8 mi away

4%698

Carmel22.3 mi away

3%596

Decatur5.3 mi away

3%451

Warren19.7 mi away

2%399

Perry11.6 mi away

2%390

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%6,356

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

How far

How far Plainfield commutes

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

41%

43%

41%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainfield is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainfield are

35,077 jobs are based in Plainfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plainfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plainfield

35,077 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Plainfield residents hold

17,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+71%

Jobs based in Plainfield, 2013 → 2023: 20,507 → 35,077. 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.