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Work & commute in Bremen, IN

About one in 4 of Bremen’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Nappanee (9%), Elkhart (8%) and South Bend (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
27%
593 of 2,221 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,628 Bremen residents head out of town to work, 593 work right here, and 2,719 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bremen.

1,628live here, work elsewhere
593live and work here
2,719work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Bremen goes to work

BremenNappaneePlymouthWarsawGoshenMishawakaSouth BendElkhartFort WayneNorthGermanCenterPennNappaneeElkhartSouth BendPlymouthGoshenGermanMishawakaFort WayneWarsawBremen
1
Bremen (in town)right here
27%593
2
Nappanee8 mi away
9%195
3
Elkhart19.4 mi away
8%185
4
South Bend16.9 mi away
7%147
5
Plymouth11.1 mi away
4%90
6
Goshen18.7 mi away
4%90
7
German1.8 mi away
4%90
8
Mishawaka15.8 mi away
3%66
9
Fort Wayne58 mi away
3%65
10
Warsaw21 mi away
3%63
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%637

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

How far

How far Bremen commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bremen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bremen are

3,312 jobs are based in Bremen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bremen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bremen

3,312 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)63%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)27%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Bremen residents hold

2,221 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)39%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+5%

Jobs based in Bremen, 2013 → 2023: 3,150 → 3,312. 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.

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