Work & commute · Trafalgar

Work & commute in Trafalgar, IN

Most working residents leave Trafalgar for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (15%), Center (10%) and Perry (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 645 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 606 Trafalgar residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trafalgar.

606live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trafalgar goes to work

Franklin7.8 mi away

15%96

Center25.1 mi away

10%62

Trafalgar (in town)right here

6%39

Perry18.3 mi away

5%30

Greenwood13.4 mi away

4%27

Columbus18.7 mi away

4%23

Washington32.1 mi away

3%21

Lawrence32.6 mi away

3%20

Warren26 mi away

3%19

Franklin19.8 mi away

3%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%291

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

How far

How far Trafalgar commutes

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

29%

36%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trafalgar is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trafalgar are

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

Jobs based in Trafalgar

616 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Trafalgar residents hold

645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−1%

Jobs based in Trafalgar, 2013 → 2023: 623 → 616. 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.