Work & commute · Posey

Work & commute in Posey, IN

Most working residents leave Posey for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New Albany (13%), Jeffersonville (9%) and Corydon (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 1,377 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,282 Posey residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Posey.

1,282live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Posey goes to work

New Albany14.3 mi away

13%173

Jeffersonville19.8 mi away

9%118

Corydon10.5 mi away

7%90

Posey (in town)right here

6%87

Clarksville16.6 mi away

3%47

Harrison11.8 mi away

3%37

Washington120.7 mi away

2%27

St. Matthews, KY19.2 mi away

2%22

Center113.8 mi away

1%20

Sellersburg20.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%743

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

How far

How far Posey commutes

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

17%

56%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Posey is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Posey are

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

Jobs based in Posey

997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Posey residents hold

1,377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−35%

Jobs based in Posey, 2013 → 2023: 1,545 → 997. 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.