Work & commute · Sugar Ridge

Work & commute in Sugar Ridge, IN

Most working residents leave Sugar Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (20%), Brazil (6%) and Knightsville (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 318 Sugar Ridge residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sugar Ridge.

318live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sugar Ridge goes to work

Terre Haute15.8 mi away

20%65

Brazil10 mi away

6%21

Knightsville10.1 mi away

5%16

Van Buren12.9 mi away

5%16

Center58.1 mi away

5%15

Perry5 mi away

4%13

Spencer18.7 mi away

3%11

Greencastle22.7 mi away

2%8

Sugar Ridge (in town)right here

2%7

Evansville98.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%147

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

How far

How far Sugar Ridge commutes

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

21%

43%

10%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sugar Ridge is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sugar Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Sugar Ridge

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Sugar Ridge residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+23%

Jobs based in Sugar Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 140. 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.