Work & commute · Sand Creek

Work & commute in Sand Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Sand Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (51%), Seymour (5%) and Columbus (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 1,058 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,052 Sand Creek residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Creek.

1,052live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Creek goes to work

Columbus7.3 mi away

51%538

Seymour12.4 mi away

5%50

Columbus7.2 mi away

3%27

North Vernon13.5 mi away

2%26

Center47.9 mi away

2%25

Greenwood36.1 mi away

1%15

Edinburgh17.2 mi away

1%14

Washington54.6 mi away

1%14

German14.2 mi away

1%13

Bloomington36.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%324

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

How far

How far Sand Creek commutes

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

55%

15%

14%

16%

55%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Creek is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Creek are

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

Jobs based in Sand Creek

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sand Creek residents hold

1,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−21%

Jobs based in Sand Creek, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 77. 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.