Most of Celestine commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Indiana 11%). Employers in Celestine report 18 jobs, against 85 working residents. Only 1% work in Celestine; the top destination outside it is Jasper (26%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Celestine, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Celestine on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where Celestine’s working residents head each day
Where Celestine clocks in
26% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
83% of the jobs in Celestine pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Celestine, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 18. 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 Celestine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Celestine, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Celestine workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Celestine to work
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Celestine: questions
What is the median household income in Celestine?
$145,122 (±$104,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Celestine?
8.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Celestine?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Celestine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (26%, 9 mi), Ferdinand (8%, 12 mi), Evansville (8%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Celestine 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 Celestine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Celestine
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.