Work & commute · Vigo

Work & commute in Vigo, IN

Most working residents leave Vigo for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Vincennes (19%), Bicknell (7%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,558 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 1,445 Vigo residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vigo.

1,445live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vigo goes to work

Vincennes18.9 mi away

19%301

Bicknell6.3 mi away

7%111

Washington13.3 mi away

6%94

Vincennes23.1 mi away

5%84

Busseron13 mi away

4%65

Evansville61.3 mi away

3%48

Terre Haute43.6 mi away

3%45

Patoka39.1 mi away

3%43

Center87 mi away

2%36

Washington10 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%696

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

How far

How far Vigo commutes

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

18%

45%

16%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vigo is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vigo are

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

Jobs based in Vigo

545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Vigo residents hold

1,558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−41%

Jobs based in Vigo, 2013 → 2023: 929 → 545. 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.