Work & commute · Southeast

Work & commute in Southeast, IN

Most working residents leave Southeast for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Paoli (14%), French Lick (7%) and Jasper (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 595 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 593 Southeast residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southeast.

593live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southeast goes to work

Paoli9.1 mi away

14%82

French Lick14.6 mi away

7%44

Jasper30.4 mi away

5%30

Orleans15.4 mi away

4%25

Center92.9 mi away

3%19

Salem19 mi away

3%18

New Albany31.6 mi away

3%18

Bloomington50.3 mi away

3%15

Jeffersonville37.8 mi away

2%13

Seymour43.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%319

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

How far

How far Southeast commutes

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

11%

36%

25%

27%

11%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southeast is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southeast are

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

Jobs based in Southeast

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Southeast residents hold

595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+12%

Jobs based in Southeast, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 29. 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.