Work & commute · Spiceland

Work & commute in Spiceland, IN

Most working residents leave Spiceland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (9%), Spiceland (8%) and Greenfield (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 317 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 303 Spiceland residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spiceland.

303live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spiceland goes to work

New Castle6.1 mi away

9%28

Spiceland2 mi away

8%25

Greenfield18.7 mi away

5%15

Spiceland (in town)right here

4%14

Muncie24.6 mi away

4%14

Center38.1 mi away

4%13

Richmond28.4 mi away

4%12

Henry5.6 mi away

4%12

Anderson22 mi away

3%10

Franklin3.7 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%166

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

How far

How far Spiceland commutes

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

34%

26%

15%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spiceland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spiceland are

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

Jobs based in Spiceland

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Spiceland residents hold

317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+254%

Jobs based in Spiceland, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 241. 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.