Work & commute · Ward

Work & commute in Ward, IN

Most working residents leave Ward for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (18%), Union City (11%) and Richmond (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 450 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 436 Ward residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ward.

436live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ward goes to work

Winchester6.4 mi away

18%82

Union City8.6 mi away

11%51

Richmond30 mi away

6%28

Portland12.1 mi away

5%21

Muncie23.4 mi away

3%13

Center71 mi away

3%12

Anderson40.4 mi away

2%10

Carmel66.1 mi away

2%9

White River7.3 mi away

2%9

Ward (in town)right here

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%206

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

How far

How far Ward commutes

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

36%

22%

16%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ward is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ward are

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

Jobs based in Ward

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ward residents hold

450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+75%

Jobs based in Ward, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 140. 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.