Work & commute · Sullivan

Work & commute in Sullivan, IN

About one in 5 of Sullivan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (13%), Terre Haute (7%) and Haddon (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

340 of 1,640 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,300 Sullivan residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 1,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sullivan.

1,300live here, work elsewhere

340live and work here

1,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sullivan goes to work

Sullivan (in town)right here

21%340

Hamilton1.1 mi away

13%208

Terre Haute25.4 mi away

7%107

Haddon9.3 mi away

4%63

Vincennes29.6 mi away

3%49

Evansville77 mi away

3%47

Linton14.1 mi away

3%41

Honey Creek20.4 mi away

2%38

Linton14.5 mi away

2%38

Busseron17.8 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%678

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

How far

How far Sullivan commutes

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

42%

19%

13%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sullivan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sullivan are

1,723 jobs are based in Sullivan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sullivan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sullivan

1,723 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sullivan residents hold

1,640 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−11%

Jobs based in Sullivan, 2013 → 2023: 1,937 → 1,723. 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.