Evansville

City Commute Profile

Evansville, IN

Where Evansville’s 55,029 resident workers go each day — 59.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Indianapolis city (balance).

IndianaLODES 2023 data
79
Commute Score

79 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Evansville at a glance
Employed Residents
55,029
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
19.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
59.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Indianapolis city (balance)
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Evansville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Evansville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Evansville

55,029 commutes, one dot at a time

Evansville

Where 55,029 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Evansville, by worker count.

1Evansville0.0 mi32,939
2Indianapolis city (balance)145.9 mi1,939
3Henderson9.9 mi551
4Boonville15.5 mi380
5Bloomington98.5 mi288
6Princeton25.9 mi253
7Jasper43.9 mi242
8Carmel156.7 mi219

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Evansville.

1Evansville0.0 mi32,939
2Henderson9.9 mi2,212
3Indianapolis city (balance)145.9 mi1,364
4Highland4.8 mi1,299
5Melody Hill3.6 mi1,128
6Boonville15.5 mi1,068
7Mount Vernon19.3 mi816
8Newburgh8.0 mi801

Top industries

The sectors that employ Evansville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.0%
RTRetail Trade10.5%
MFManufacturing9.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.2%
EDEducational Services6.5%
COConstruction5.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises4.7%

Evansville city profile

Who lives in Evansville — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
116,116
Median age
38.2yrs
Median household income
$53,387
Median home value
$143,100
Median gross rent
$975/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.8%
Poverty rate
18.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Evansville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Evansville

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).