Work & commute · Clear Creek

Work & commute in Clear Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Clear Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (31%), Huntington (16%) and Lafayette (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,012 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,004 Clear Creek residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clear Creek.

1,004live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clear Creek goes to work

Fort Wayne20.8 mi away

31%317

Huntington5.1 mi away

16%165

Lafayette11.6 mi away

4%38

Warsaw27.1 mi away

3%27

Union13.5 mi away

2%24

Roanoke6.3 mi away

2%20

Wabash20.1 mi away

2%19

Columbia City14.5 mi away

2%18

Huntington6 mi away

2%17

Aboite13.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%351

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

How far

How far Clear Creek commutes

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

25%

45%

18%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clear Creek is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clear Creek are

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

Jobs based in Clear Creek

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Clear Creek residents hold

1,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−14%

Jobs based in Clear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 96. 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.