Work & commute · Argos

Work & commute in Argos, IN

Most working residents leave Argos for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (14%), Warsaw (7%) and South Bend (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 760 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 707 Argos residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Argos.

707live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Argos goes to work

Plymouth8.4 mi away

14%108

Warsaw21 mi away

7%55

Argos (in town)right here

7%53

South Bend30.3 mi away

5%38

Rochester12.6 mi away

5%37

Bremen15.5 mi away

4%27

Fort Wayne58.7 mi away

3%26

Nappanee19.6 mi away

3%23

Mishawaka30.7 mi away

3%23

Elkhart34.8 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%348

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

How far

How far Argos commutes

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

33%

29%

22%

16%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Argos is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Argos are

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

Jobs based in Argos

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Argos residents hold

760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1%

Jobs based in Argos, 2013 → 2023: 411 → 414. 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.