Work & commute · Brook

Work & commute in Brook, IN

Most working residents leave Brook for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kentland (10%), Goodland (8%) and Rensselaer (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 388 Brook residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brook.

388live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brook goes to work

Kentland7.6 mi away

10%40

Goodland8 mi away

8%30

Rensselaer12.5 mi away

7%29

Lafayette41.6 mi away

7%27

Remington14 mi away

5%21

Iroquois1.8 mi away

3%13

Merrillville42 mi away

2%8

Brook (in town)right here

2%7

Hammond52.5 mi away

2%6

Marion13.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%208

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

How far

How far Brook commutes

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

27%

22%

23%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brook is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brook are

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

Jobs based in Brook

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Brook residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+19%

Jobs based in Brook, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 89. 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.