Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, IN

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Seymour (24%), Crothersville (12%) and Columbus (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

210 of 1,546 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,336 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 834 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

1,336live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

834work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Seymour9.6 mi away

24%367

Crothersville1.2 mi away

12%186

Columbus27.6 mi away

11%164

Scottsburg9.4 mi away

5%70

Jennings4.8 mi away

4%63

Center68.4 mi away

3%44

Brownstown11.9 mi away

2%32

North Vernon18.1 mi away

2%29

Greenwood56.4 mi away

2%25

Vernon (in town)right here

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%542

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%

30%

14%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

1,044 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

1,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

1,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+19%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 878 → 1,044. 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.