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Work & commute · Waldron

Work & commute in Waldron, IN

Most working residents leave Waldron for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbyville (26%), Center (7%) and Franklin (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
6 of 389 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 383 Waldron residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldron.

383live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
187work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Waldron goes to work

RushvilleGreensburgShelbyvilleFranklinGreenwoodColumbusHendricksCenterWashingtonFranklinWayneShelbyWashingtonLibertyWarrenNobleJacksonWaldronShelbyvilleCenterFranklinColumbusGreensburgWashingtonGreenwoodWayneWarrenFranklinWaldron
1
Shelbyville8.8 mi away
26%103
2
Center33.8 mi away
7%26
3
Franklin20.9 mi away
6%22
4
Columbus21.9 mi away
5%18
5
Greensburg11.2 mi away
3%12
6
Washington38.8 mi away
3%11
7
Greenwood25.7 mi away
3%10
8
Wayne38.8 mi away
3%10
9
Warren29.1 mi away
3%10
10
Franklin24.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%159

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

How far

How far Waldron commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
38%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Waldron is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldron are

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

Jobs based in Waldron

193 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)95%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Waldron residents hold

389 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+38%

Jobs based in Waldron, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 193. 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.

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