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Jobs & commute in Centenary

How Centenary works: jobs, income and commuting

Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. Hardly any work in Centenary; the top destination outside it is Terre Haute (21%, 14 miles). Centenary has 67 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Centenary

On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

67live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night60
Workday0
60live here− 67head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Centenary on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Centenary goes to work

Danville: 4 residents work here (6%)Clinton: 4 residents work here (6%)Terre Haute: 14 residents work here (21%)Plainfield: 2 residents work here (3%)Evansville: 2 residents work here (3%)Zionsville: 2 residents work here (3%)Hamilton Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Clinton Township: 6 residents work here (9%)Van Buren Township: 4 residents work here (6%)Indianapolis: 4 residents work here (6%)CentenaryTerre HauteClinton TownshipDanvilleClintonVan Buren TownshipIndianapolisCentenary
1
Terre Haute14.4 mi away
21%14
29%6
3
Danville, IL34.2 mi away
6%4
4
Clinton3.6 mi away
6%4
5
Van Buren Township22.9 mi away
6%4
6
Indianapolis70.9 mi away
6%4
7
Plainfield58.5 mi away
3%2
8
Evansville115.5 mi away
3%2
9
Zionsville65.2 mi away
3%2
10
Hamilton Township38.4 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%23
The top trips

Where Centenary clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Centenary

Working from home
0%

of Centenary workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Centenary gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 29 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.

How far

How many miles Centenary commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTerre Haute: 21% · 14.4 miClinton Township: 9% · 1 miDanville: 6% · 34.2 miClinton: 6% · 3.6 miVan Buren Township: 6% · 22.9 miIndianapolis: 6% · 70.9 miPlainfield: 3% · 58.5 miEvansville: 3% · 115.5 miZionsville: 3% · 65.2 miHamilton Township: 3% · 38.4 miTerre Haute 21%Clinton Township 9%Danville 6%Clinton 6%Centenary
CentenaryTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi12 residents
34%10–24 mi23 residents
13%25–50 mi9 residents
34%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 34% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Centenary: questions

What is the median household income in Centenary?

$32,566 (±$6,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Centenary?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Centenary work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (21%, 14 mi), Clinton Township (9%, 1 mi), Danville (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Centenary 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 Centenary, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Centenary

Centenary home →

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.