Work & commute · Converse

Work & commute in Converse, IN

Most working residents leave Converse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (15%), Kokomo (10%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 429 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 409 Converse residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Converse.

409live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Converse goes to work

Marion11.5 mi away

15%63

Kokomo15.4 mi away

10%45

Converse (in town)right here

5%20

Washington12.5 mi away

4%17

Peru16 mi away

4%16

Wabash15.7 mi away

3%14

Fort Wayne52 mi away

3%13

Gas City16 mi away

3%11

Lafayette53.3 mi away

3%11

Sweetser5.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%209

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

How far

How far Converse commutes

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

19%

43%

17%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Converse is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Converse are

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

Jobs based in Converse

246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Converse residents hold

429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+32%

Jobs based in Converse, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 246. 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.