Work & commute · Worthington

Work & commute in Worthington, IN

Most working residents leave Worthington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (11%), Linton (7%) and Bloomfield (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 521 Worthington residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Worthington.

521live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Worthington goes to work

Bloomington24.6 mi away

11%63

Linton11.1 mi away

7%39

Bloomfield6.8 mi away

7%38

Spencer16.1 mi away

5%29

Worthington (in town)right here

5%27

Richland20 mi away

4%23

Center63.8 mi away

4%23

Center13.4 mi away

3%15

Fairplay5.1 mi away

3%14

Grant7.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%265

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

How far

How far Worthington commutes

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

22%

37%

17%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Worthington is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Worthington are

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

Jobs based in Worthington

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Worthington residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−23%

Jobs based in Worthington, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 186. 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.