Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, IN

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Center (15%), Fishers (8%) and Lawrence (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

664 of 8,916 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,252 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 664 work right here, and 2,534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

8,252live here, work elsewhere

664live and work here

2,534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Center16.9 mi away

15%1,318

Fishers6.4 mi away

8%699

Lawrence7.7 mi away

8%686

Washington14.5 mi away

7%613

Carmel15.2 mi away

6%536

Warren11.9 mi away

5%488

Fortville1.8 mi away

5%425

Pike21 mi away

4%339

Noblesville11.4 mi away

4%323

Lawrence6.9 mi away

3%302

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,187

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

32%

51%

32%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

3,198 jobs are based in Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon

3,198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

8,916 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+52%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 2,099 → 3,198. 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.