Work & commute · Cedar Creek

Work & commute in Cedar Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Cedar Creek for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (50%), New Haven (5%) and Grabill (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

540 of 6,498 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,958 Cedar Creek residents head out of town to work, 540 work right here, and 1,969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Creek.

5,958live here, work elsewhere

540live and work here

1,969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Creek goes to work

Fort Wayne11.5 mi away

50%3,247

New Haven10.8 mi away

5%335

Cedar Creek (in town)right here

4%271

Grabill2.7 mi away

3%166

Auburn10.1 mi away

2%132

Leo-Cedarville0.4 mi away

2%103

Perry6.2 mi away

1%80

Union20.7 mi away

1%73

Wilmington13.3 mi away

1%66

Center116.2 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,965

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

How far

How far Cedar Creek commutes

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

46%

34%

15%

46%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Creek is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Creek are

2,509 jobs are based in Cedar Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedar Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cedar Creek

2,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Cedar Creek residents hold

6,498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+21%

Jobs based in Cedar Creek, 2013 → 2023: 2,077 → 2,509. 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.