Work & commute · Wood

Work & commute in Wood, IN

Most working residents leave Wood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Albany (15%), Jeffersonville (11%) and Clarksville (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,343 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,291 Wood residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 777 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wood.

1,291live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

777work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wood goes to work

New Albany10.9 mi away

15%204

Jeffersonville14.8 mi away

11%145

Clarksville12.4 mi away

5%66

Sellersburg9.3 mi away

3%36

Wood (in town)right here

2%33

Washington99.6 mi away

2%28

Silver Creek10 mi away

2%24

Jeffersontown, KY25.8 mi away

1%20

Borden2.1 mi away

1%19

St. Matthews, KY21 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%749

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

How far

How far Wood commutes

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

17%

53%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wood is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wood are

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

Jobs based in Wood

829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wood residents hold

1,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+28%

Jobs based in Wood, 2013 → 2023: 646 → 829. 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.