Work & commute · Whitestown

Work & commute in Whitestown, IN

Most working residents leave Whitestown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Center (19%), Pike (9%) and Carmel (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

320 of 5,451 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,131 Whitestown residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 15,860 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitestown.

5,131live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

15,860work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitestown goes to work

Center18.3 mi away

19%1,023

Pike8.7 mi away

9%504

Carmel11.8 mi away

8%454

Washington13.8 mi away

7%397

Zionsville3 mi away

6%333

Whitestown (in town)right here

6%320

Wayne15 mi away

5%257

Lebanon6.5 mi away

3%186

Lawrence20.4 mi away

3%138

Fishers21.4 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,731

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

How far

How far Whitestown commutes

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

29%

55%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitestown is a job hub

2.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitestown are

16,180 jobs are based in Whitestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitestown

16,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Whitestown residents hold

5,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+216%

Jobs based in Whitestown, 2013 → 2023: 5,123 → 16,180. 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.