Work & commute · York

Work & commute in York, IN

Most working residents leave York for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (9%), Fowler (5%) and Pike (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 54 York residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in York.

54live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where York goes to work

Lafayette37.7 mi away

9%5

Fowler9.5 mi away

5%3

Pike84.8 mi away

5%3

Boswell12.8 mi away

4%2

Kentland6.2 mi away

4%2

Logansport58.8 mi away

4%2

West Lafayette33.4 mi away

4%2

Terre Haute84.6 mi away

4%2

Center11.2 mi away

4%2

Oak Grove15.2 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%30

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

How far

How far York commutes

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

20%

29%

42%

9%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

York is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in York are

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

Jobs based in York

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs York residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+242%

Jobs based in York, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 41. 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.