Work & commute · Churubusco

Work & commute in Churubusco, IN

Most working residents leave Churubusco for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (34%), Union (5%) and Columbia City (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

102 of 879 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 777 Churubusco residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Churubusco.

777live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Churubusco goes to work

Fort Wayne13.5 mi away

34%303

Churubusco (in town)right here

12%102

Union7.8 mi away

5%47

Columbia City9.5 mi away

5%41

Smith2.4 mi away

2%21

Auburn16.6 mi away

2%18

Warsaw27.5 mi away

2%16

Kendallville15 mi away

2%14

Avilla10.2 mi away

1%11

Center109.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%298

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

How far

How far Churubusco commutes

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

28%

49%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Churubusco is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Churubusco are

1,004 jobs are based in Churubusco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Churubusco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Churubusco

1,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Churubusco residents hold

879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−31%

Jobs based in Churubusco, 2013 → 2023: 1,452 → 1,004. 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.