Work & commute · Utica

Work & commute in Utica, IN

Most working residents leave Utica for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersonville (20%), New Albany (9%) and Clarksville (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

495 of 4,765 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,270 Utica residents head out of town to work, 495 work right here, and 13,574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Utica.

4,270live here, work elsewhere

495live and work here

13,574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Utica goes to work

Jeffersonville2.1 mi away

20%959

New Albany8.5 mi away

9%425

Clarksville5.5 mi away

5%227

Utica (in town)right here

3%120

Jeffersontown, KY12.3 mi away

2%106

St. Matthews, KY8.1 mi away

2%97

Washington107.5 mi away

1%70

Watterson Park, KY11.5 mi away

1%68

Sellersburg5.7 mi away

1%59

Charlestown4.8 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,577

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

How far

How far Utica commutes

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

62%

12%

21%

62%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Utica is a job hub

2.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Utica are

14,069 jobs are based in Utica. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Utica

14,069 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Utica residents hold

4,765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+71%

Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 8,240 → 14,069. 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.