Work & commute · Upland

Work & commute in Upland, IN

Most working residents leave Upland for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (14%), Muncie (6%) and Gas City (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

152 of 1,233 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,081 Upland residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upland.

1,081live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upland goes to work

Marion10.3 mi away

14%175

Upland (in town)right here

12%152

Muncie19.1 mi away

6%74

Gas City5.2 mi away

5%59

Fort Wayne47.1 mi away

4%48

Monroe3.9 mi away

3%40

Kokomo32.9 mi away

3%37

Center58.2 mi away

2%30

Hartford City6.7 mi away

2%27

Anderson27.6 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%567

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

How far

How far Upland commutes

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

32%

23%

19%

25%

32%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upland is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upland are

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

Jobs based in Upland

738 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Upland residents hold

1,233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−24%

Jobs based in Upland, 2013 → 2023: 971 → 738. 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.