Work & commute · Centre

Work & commute in Centre, IN

Most working residents leave Centre for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (34%), Mishawaka (13%) and Elkhart (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

348 of 6,678 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,330 Centre residents head out of town to work, 348 work right here, and 4,692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centre.

6,330live here, work elsewhere

348live and work here

4,692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centre goes to work

South Bend5.5 mi away

34%2,290

Mishawaka7.1 mi away

13%851

Elkhart16.3 mi away

9%581

Notre Dame7.1 mi away

3%217

Goshen21.9 mi away

2%165

Penn7.1 mi away

2%155

Clay9.3 mi away

2%107

Plymouth17.6 mi away

1%83

Fort Wayne67.5 mi away

1%83

Granger11.4 mi away

1%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,072

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

How far

How far Centre commutes

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

58%

22%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centre is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centre are

5,040 jobs are based in Centre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centre

5,040 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Centre residents hold

6,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+22%

Jobs based in Centre, 2013 → 2023: 4,121 → 5,040. 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.