Work & commute · Redding

Work & commute in Redding, IN

Most working residents leave Redding for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Seymour (37%), Columbus (19%) and Center (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

92 of 2,611 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,519 Redding residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redding.

2,519live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redding goes to work

Seymour5.5 mi away

37%976

Columbus13.5 mi away

19%500

Center54.5 mi away

2%63

North Vernon11.8 mi away

2%61

Bloomington37.5 mi away

2%58

Hamilton7.7 mi away

1%38

Brownstown14.4 mi away

1%37

Redding (in town)right here

1%34

Greenwood42.6 mi away

1%30

Greensburg29.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%785

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

How far

How far Redding commutes

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

43%

28%

11%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redding is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Redding are

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

Jobs based in Redding

770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Redding residents hold

2,611 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+93%

Jobs based in Redding, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 770. 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.