Work & commute · Ray

Work & commute in Ray, IN

Most working residents leave Ray for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (32%), Greensburg (8%) and Cincinnati (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

259 of 2,044 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,785 Ray residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 1,670 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ray.

1,785live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

1,670work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ray goes to work

Batesville2.4 mi away

32%654

Greensburg14.9 mi away

8%162

Cincinnati, OH40.6 mi away

4%77

Center57.6 mi away

2%48

Columbus38.3 mi away

2%43

Adams6.3 mi away

2%31

Shelbyville33 mi away

1%29

Washington13.3 mi away

1%28

Warren52.2 mi away

1%27

Lawrenceburg24.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%923

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

How far

How far Ray commutes

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

38%

18%

21%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ray is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ray are

1,929 jobs are based in Ray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ray

1,929 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Ray residents hold

2,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+15%

Jobs based in Ray, 2013 → 2023: 1,682 → 1,929. 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.