Work & commute · Boone

Work & commute in Boone, IN

Most working residents leave Boone for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Valparaiso (10%), Crown Point (7%) and Merrillville (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 2,545 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 2,414 Boone residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boone.

2,414live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boone goes to work

Valparaiso12.8 mi away

10%252

Crown Point12.2 mi away

7%188

Merrillville14.1 mi away

7%174

Gary21.8 mi away

6%151

Chicago, IL45.6 mi away

5%126

Hebron2.8 mi away

5%119

Hobart15.4 mi away

4%107

Portage19.2 mi away

4%96

Hammond27.8 mi away

4%95

Porter5.3 mi away

3%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,158

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

How far

How far Boone commutes

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

15%

55%

14%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boone is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boone are

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

Jobs based in Boone

809 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Boone residents hold

2,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+6%

Jobs based in Boone, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 809. 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.