Work & commute · Bourbon

Work & commute in Bourbon, IN

Most working residents leave Bourbon for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (14%), Bourbon (12%) and Plymouth (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

197 of 1,402 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,205 Bourbon residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bourbon.

1,205live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bourbon goes to work

Warsaw15.5 mi away

14%199

Bourbon2 mi away

12%168

Plymouth10.1 mi away

8%119

Nappanee10.5 mi away

7%103

Bremen8.4 mi away

4%63

South Bend25.2 mi away

4%59

Elkhart26.5 mi away

4%53

Mishawaka24.2 mi away

3%46

Goshen22.9 mi away

2%35

Fort Wayne53.7 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%525

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

How far

How far Bourbon commutes

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

23%

47%

18%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bourbon is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bourbon are

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

Jobs based in Bourbon

837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bourbon residents hold

1,402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+9%

Jobs based in Bourbon, 2013 → 2023: 765 → 837. 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.