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Work & commute · Redkey

Work & commute in Redkey, IN

Most working residents leave Redkey for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (17%), Muncie (9%) and Jefferson (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
13 of 460 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 447 Redkey residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redkey.

447live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
96work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Redkey goes to work

PennvilleRedkeyDunkirkAlbanyBernePortlandMarionKokomoMuncieFort WayneGreeneJeffersonFranklinWayneCenterRichlandPikePortlandMuncieJeffersonBerneMarionDunkirkFort WayneCenterKokomoRedkey
1
Portland10.9 mi away
17%77
2
Muncie16.4 mi away
9%40
3
Jefferson4.2 mi away
3%16
4
Berne23.8 mi away
3%14
5
Marion30.1 mi away
3%14
6
Redkey (in town)right here
3%13
7
Dunkirk3.4 mi away
3%13
8
Fort Wayne51.1 mi away
3%13
9
Center16.3 mi away
2%11
10
Kokomo51.8 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%239

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

How far

How far Redkey commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Redkey is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Redkey are

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

Jobs based in Redkey

109 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Redkey residents hold

460 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−18%

Jobs based in Redkey, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 109. 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.

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