Work & commute · Van Buren

Work & commute in Van Buren, IN

Most working residents leave Van Buren for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (15%), Brazil (12%) and Greencastle (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

184 of 1,210 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,026 Van Buren residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 2,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Buren.

1,026live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

2,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Buren goes to work

Terre Haute18.2 mi away

15%181

Brazil4.4 mi away

12%150

Greencastle12.6 mi away

8%99

Van Buren (in town)right here

8%95

Knightsville3 mi away

7%83

Center51.1 mi away

3%31

Putnamville9.5 mi away

3%31

Brazil3.4 mi away

2%24

Greencastle12.7 mi away

2%21

Posey9.1 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%474

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

How far

How far Van Buren commutes

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

34%

35%

11%

19%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Buren is a job hub

2.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Buren are

3,054 jobs are based in Van Buren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Buren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van Buren

3,054 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Van Buren residents hold

1,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+10%

Jobs based in Van Buren, 2013 → 2023: 2,765 → 3,054. 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.