Work & commute · Adams

Work & commute in Adams, IN

Most working residents leave Adams for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (51%), New Haven (10%) and Lafayette (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,741 of 14,869 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,128 Adams residents head out of town to work, 1,741 work right here, and 9,800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adams.

13,128live here, work elsewhere

1,741live and work here

9,800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adams goes to work

Fort Wayne5.7 mi away

51%7,577

New Haven2.3 mi away

10%1,476

Lafayette13.3 mi away

3%379

Aboite12.1 mi away

2%327

Milan8.4 mi away

1%163

Center104.8 mi away

1%148

Bluffton21.8 mi away

1%141

Pleasant8.5 mi away

1%121

Union19 mi away

1%118

Washington99.1 mi away

1%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%4,303

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

How far

How far Adams commutes

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

60%

17%

60%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adams is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adams are

11,541 jobs are based in Adams. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adams’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adams

11,541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Adams residents hold

14,869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+14%

Jobs based in Adams, 2013 → 2023: 10,164 → 11,541. 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.