Work & commute · Yorktown

Work & commute in Yorktown, IN

Most working residents leave Yorktown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Muncie (37%), Anderson (5%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

485 of 4,744 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,259 Yorktown residents head out of town to work, 485 work right here, and 1,977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yorktown.

4,259live here, work elsewhere

485live and work here

1,977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yorktown goes to work

Muncie6.1 mi away

37%1,765

Yorktown (in town)right here

10%485

Anderson11.5 mi away

5%248

Center43.6 mi away

3%160

Center6.5 mi away

2%98

Carmel37 mi away

2%82

Fort Wayne65.5 mi away

2%79

Daleville5 mi away

2%72

Washington39.7 mi away

2%72

Pike45.3 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,623

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

How far

How far Yorktown commutes

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

55%

11%

19%

15%

55%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yorktown is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yorktown are

2,462 jobs are based in Yorktown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yorktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yorktown

2,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Yorktown residents hold

4,744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+18%

Jobs based in Yorktown, 2013 → 2023: 2,079 → 2,462. 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.