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Work & commute · Sheffield

Work & commute in Sheffield, IN

Most working residents leave Sheffield for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (51%), West Lafayette (9%) and Frankfort (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
240 of 1,870 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,630 Sheffield residents head out of town to work, 240 work right here, and 6,920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheffield.

1,630live here, work elsewhere
240live and work here
6,920work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Sheffield goes to work

FrankfortWest LafayetteLebanonKokomoLafayetteCarmelFairfieldLauramiePerrySheffieldCenterWashingtonWeaMadisonPikeTippecanoeWabashLafayetteWest LafayetteFrankfortCenterWeaCarmelWashingtonPikeLebanonSheffield
1
Lafayette6.4 mi away
51%950
2
West Lafayette10.7 mi away
9%177
3
Frankfort12.7 mi away
3%49
4
Center51.8 mi away
2%42
5
Sheffield (in town)right here
2%29
6
Wea5.9 mi away
1%22
7
Carmel42 mi away
1%20
8
Washington46.4 mi away
1%20
9
Pike42.2 mi away
1%20
10
Lebanon27.1 mi away
1%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%522

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

How far

How far Sheffield commutes

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

57%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sheffield is a job hub

3.83jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheffield are

7,160 jobs are based in Sheffield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheffield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sheffield

7,160 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)94%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)4%
$1,250 a month or less2%
$1,251–$3,333 a month5%
Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Sheffield residents hold

1,870 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+83%

Jobs based in Sheffield, 2013 → 2023: 3,910 → 7,160. 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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