Work & commute · Clearspring

Work & commute in Clearspring, IN

Most working residents leave Clearspring for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (10%), Middlebury (6%) and Goshen (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,615 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,495 Clearspring residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearspring.

1,495live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

560work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearspring goes to work

Topeka3.4 mi away

10%161

Middlebury13.4 mi away

6%101

Goshen17.5 mi away

6%99

Lagrange6.9 mi away

6%89

Newbury8 mi away

5%87

York16.4 mi away

5%83

Elkhart25.9 mi away

5%80

Clearspring (in town)right here

5%76

Fort Wayne37.6 mi away

4%69

Eden5 mi away

4%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%703

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

How far

How far Clearspring commutes

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

39%

33%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearspring is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearspring are

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

Jobs based in Clearspring

680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Clearspring residents hold

1,615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+46%

Jobs based in Clearspring, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 680. 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.