Work & commute · Spencer

Work & commute in Spencer, IN

Most working residents leave Spencer for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Albany (11%), Harrison (9%) and Jeffersonville (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 802 Spencer residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spencer.

802live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spencer goes to work

New Albany21.7 mi away

11%88

Harrison7.2 mi away

9%73

Jeffersonville28.6 mi away

7%58

Corydon7.4 mi away

7%56

Jackson7.2 mi away

6%52

Spencer (in town)right here

3%25

Clarksville24.8 mi away

3%23

Washington109.8 mi away

1%11

Watterson Park, KY30 mi away

1%10

Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY97.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%421

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

How far

How far Spencer commutes

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

34%

27%

17%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spencer is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spencer are

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

Jobs based in Spencer

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Spencer residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+29%

Jobs based in Spencer, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 264. 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.