Work & commute · Baugo

Work & commute in Baugo, IN

Most working residents leave Baugo for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (33%), Goshen (9%) and Mishawaka (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

358 of 4,429 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,071 Baugo residents head out of town to work, 358 work right here, and 4,868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baugo.

4,071live here, work elsewhere

358live and work here

4,868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baugo goes to work

Elkhart4.9 mi away

33%1,473

Goshen11.3 mi away

9%380

Mishawaka7.5 mi away

8%370

South Bend12.6 mi away

8%360

Baugo (in town)right here

6%244

Bristol11.3 mi away

2%108

Penn5.4 mi away

2%89

Cleveland5.4 mi away

2%71

Middlebury16.6 mi away

2%67

Nappanee13.6 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,202

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

How far

How far Baugo commutes

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

59%

27%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baugo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Baugo are

5,226 jobs are based in Baugo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baugo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baugo

5,226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Baugo residents hold

4,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Baugo, 2013 → 2023: 3,916 → 5,226. 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.