Work & commute · Butler

Work & commute in Butler, IN

Most working residents leave Butler for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (14%), Auburn (8%) and Wilmington (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

192 of 1,243 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 1,051 Butler residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 2,681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler.

1,051live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

2,681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler goes to work

Butler (in town)right here

15%192

Fort Wayne27.3 mi away

14%169

Auburn10.4 mi away

8%102

Wilmington2.7 mi away

8%100

Angola16.8 mi away

6%70

Elkhart59.3 mi away

3%43

Kendallville20 mi away

3%42

Garrett14 mi away

2%30

Waterloo9.3 mi away

2%27

Spencer9.9 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%443

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

How far

How far Butler commutes

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

33%

37%

12%

18%

33%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler are

2,873 jobs are based in Butler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Butler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Butler

2,873 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Butler residents hold

1,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+41%

Jobs based in Butler, 2013 → 2023: 2,041 → 2,873. 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.