Work & commute · Worth

Work & commute in Worth, IN

Most working residents leave Worth for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Center (16%), Carmel (9%) and Pike (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 2,406 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,290 Worth residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 12,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Worth.

2,290live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

12,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Worth goes to work

Center19.6 mi away

16%392

Carmel11.7 mi away

9%224

Pike10.1 mi away

9%223

Washington14.6 mi away

8%186

Zionsville2.3 mi away

6%146

Whitestown2.1 mi away

6%138

Wayne16.7 mi away

4%101

Lawrence20.8 mi away

3%74

Lebanon5.7 mi away

3%72

Fishers21.1 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%801

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

How far

How far Worth commutes

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

28%

55%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Worth is a job hub

5.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Worth are

12,450 jobs are based in Worth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Worth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Worth

12,450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities86%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Worth residents hold

2,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+211%

Jobs based in Worth, 2013 → 2023: 4,008 → 12,450. 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.