Work & commute · Aberdeen

Work & commute in Aberdeen, IN

Most working residents leave Aberdeen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Valparaiso (21%), Merrillville (7%) and Gary (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 964 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 946 Aberdeen residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aberdeen.

946live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aberdeen goes to work

Valparaiso4.2 mi away

21%199

Merrillville10.6 mi away

7%69

Gary15.8 mi away

6%59

Chicago, IL40.1 mi away

5%45

Portage10.6 mi away

4%43

Crown Point12.1 mi away

3%31

Hammond23.1 mi away

3%30

Hobart9.6 mi away

3%29

Chesterton11.4 mi away

2%24

Porter13 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%412

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

How far

How far Aberdeen commutes

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

34%

43%

10%

13%

34%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aberdeen is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aberdeen are

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

Jobs based in Aberdeen

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Aberdeen residents hold

964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+35%

Jobs based in Aberdeen, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 453. 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.