Work & commute · Spice Valley

Work & commute in Spice Valley, IN

Most working residents leave Spice Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bedford (18%), Bloomington (11%) and Mitchell (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,000 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 989 Spice Valley residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spice Valley.

989live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spice Valley goes to work

Bedford9.3 mi away

18%182

Bloomington28.3 mi away

11%105

Mitchell7.1 mi away

8%78

Marion6.3 mi away

3%31

Center74.5 mi away

3%25

Richland30.4 mi away

2%24

Jasper31.1 mi away

2%22

Shawswick11.4 mi away

2%21

Paoli15.7 mi away

2%19

Indian Creek7.4 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%476

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

How far

How far Spice Valley commutes

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

22%

31%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spice Valley 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 Spice Valley are

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

Jobs based in Spice Valley

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Spice Valley residents hold

1,000 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+52%

Jobs based in Spice Valley, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 70. 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.