Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Advance commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 4% of workers; Indiana has 11%. 43 jobs are based in Advance, and 266 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Advance for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (35%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Advance stands out on work
Advance and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for Advance residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Advance come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Advance is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Advance, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Advance has about 280 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Advance workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 266 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Advance’s residents
Where Advance clocks in
35% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Advance quiets down on a workday
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Advance on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Advance
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Advance workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
77% of the jobs in Advance pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Advance, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 43. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Advance’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Advance commutes less than 25 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Advance: questions
What is the median household income in Advance?
$64,500 (±$25,809) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Advance?
9.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Advance?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Advance work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (35%, 29 mi), Lebanon (11%, 9 mi), Whitestown (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Advance without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Advance, from the people who make the trip.
More of Advance
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.