Work & commute · Utica

Work & commute in Utica, IN

Most working residents leave Utica for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersonville (21%), New Albany (10%) and Clarksville (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 554 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 548 Utica residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Utica.

548live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Utica goes to work

Jeffersonville2.4 mi away

21%118

New Albany9.3 mi away

10%56

Clarksville6.2 mi away

5%27

St. Matthews, KY6.3 mi away

3%16

Utica2 mi away

3%14

Jeffersontown, KY10.4 mi away

2%13

Lyndon, KY6.5 mi away

2%12

Center102.6 mi away

2%9

Sellersburg7.6 mi away

1%7

Watterson Park, KY10.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%275

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.

70%

10%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Utica is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Utica are

427 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

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Utica residents hold

554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+331%

Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 427. 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.