Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, IN

51% of Richmond’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Center (3%), Eaton (2%) and Muncie (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

7,296 of 14,302 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,006 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 7,296 work right here, and 14,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

7,006live here, work elsewhere

7,296live and work here

14,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

Richmond (in town)right here

51%7,296

Center66.4 mi away

3%375

Eaton, OH14.7 mi away

2%272

Muncie36.8 mi away

2%247

Wayne1 mi away

1%201

Washington66.5 mi away

1%184

Jackson14.7 mi away

1%181

Fort Wayne87.8 mi away

1%179

Greenfield46.9 mi away

1%170

Connersville18 mi away

1%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%5,030

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

56%

28%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richmond are

21,521 jobs are based in Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richmond

21,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

14,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+5%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 20,593 → 21,521. 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.