Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, IN

About one in 5 of Auburn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (22%), Garrett (6%) and Butler (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,421 of 6,480 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,059 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 1,421 work right here, and 5,986 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

5,059live here, work elsewhere

1,421live and work here

5,986work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Auburn (in town)right here

22%1,421

Fort Wayne19.8 mi away

22%1,402

Garrett3.6 mi away

6%357

Butler10.4 mi away

4%228

Elkhart51.9 mi away

4%227

Kendallville11.7 mi away

3%179

Angola19.5 mi away

2%156

Wilmington8 mi away

2%131

Waterloo4.8 mi away

2%128

Ashley10.6 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,130

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

39%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

7,407 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

7,407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

6,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 7,679 → 7,407. 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.