Work & commute · Sandcreek

Work & commute in Sandcreek, IN

Most working residents leave Sandcreek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (18%), Greensburg (17%) and Westport (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,384 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,308 Sandcreek residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandcreek.

1,308live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandcreek goes to work

Columbus19.8 mi away

18%248

Greensburg10.3 mi away

17%230

Westport2.3 mi away

4%49

North Vernon13.9 mi away

3%41

Washington10 mi away

3%40

Seymour25.5 mi away

2%34

Batesville19.2 mi away

2%33

Center50.2 mi away

2%32

Warren46.4 mi away

2%32

Perry45.7 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%617

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

How far

How far Sandcreek commutes

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

15%

46%

16%

24%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandcreek is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandcreek are

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

Jobs based in Sandcreek

389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Sandcreek residents hold

1,384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Sandcreek, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 389. 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.