Work & commute · Ripley

Work & commute in Ripley, IN

Most working residents leave Ripley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crawfordsville (29%), Union (10%) and Lafayette (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 390 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 387 Ripley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripley.

387live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripley goes to work

Crawfordsville8.3 mi away

29%113

Union8.3 mi away

10%40

Lafayette29 mi away

7%28

West Lafayette31.1 mi away

3%11

New Market7.6 mi away

3%10

Pike42.3 mi away

2%9

Plainfield41.8 mi away

2%7

Kokomo58.1 mi away

2%6

Carmel47.7 mi away

2%6

Linden14.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%155

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

How far

How far Ripley commutes

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

38%

16%

26%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripley is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripley are

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

Jobs based in Ripley

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Ripley residents hold

390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+58%

Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 57. 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.