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Work & commute in Ulen · Balanced

100% of Ulen’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Ulen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (39%), Washington (10%) and Pike (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 51 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
23 min
Less than IN (24 min)
Work from home
5%
Less than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
46
Balanced

What kind of work town is Ulen?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

39% of working residents work in Lebanon

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

PinckneyvilleUlenKirklinMulberryCovingtonFrankfort: 2 residents work here (4%)Crawfordsville: 1 residents work here (2%)Jasper: 1 residents work here (2%)Franklin: 1 residents work here (2%)LawrenceLebanon: 20 residents work here (39%)PlainfieldCarmel: 2 residents work here (4%)Washington: 5 residents work here (10%)Wayne: 3 residents work here (6%)Pike: 4 residents work here (8%)WabashCenter: 3 residents work here (6%)LebanonWashingtonPikeWayneCenterFrankfortUlen
1
Lebanon2.1 mi away
39%20
2
Washington21.5 mi away
10%5
3
Pike16.9 mi away
8%4
4
Wayne23 mi away
6%3
5
Center1.3 mi away
6%3
6
Frankfort15.2 mi away
4%2
7
Carmel18.2 mi away
4%2
8
Crawfordsville22.9 mi away
2%1
9
Jasper118.4 mi away
2%1
10
Franklin45.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%9
The top trips

Where Ulen clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
46work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday150
150live here− 51head out to work+ 46come in to work= 150on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.90jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Ulen commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLebanon: 39% · 2.1 miWashington: 10% · 21.5 miPike: 8% · 16.9 miWayne: 6% · 23 miCenter: 6% · 1.3 miFrankfort: 4% · 15.2 miCarmel: 4% · 18.2 miCrawfordsville: 2% · 22.9 miJasper: 2% · 118.4 miFranklin: 2% · 45.2 miLebanon 39%Washington 10%Pike 8%Wayne 6%Ulen
UlenTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi24 residents
39%10–24 mi20 residents
8%25–50 mi4 residents
6%Over 50 mi3 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in UlenJobs Ulen residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%24%
Trade, transport & utilities2%24%
Services: health, schools, offices89%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%27%
Over $3,333 a month46%55%

Who does it

29 or younger37%27%
30 to 5443%55%
55 and older20%18%
+10%

Jobs based in Ulen, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 46. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, about the IN average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
179 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ulen23 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Ulen workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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