Work & commute · Coolspring

Work & commute in Coolspring, IN

Most working residents leave Coolspring for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Michigan City (29%), La Porte (9%) and Valparaiso (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

825 of 6,227 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 5,402 Coolspring residents head out of town to work, 825 work right here, and 6,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coolspring.

5,402live here, work elsewhere

825live and work here

6,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coolspring goes to work

Michigan City4.5 mi away

29%1,805

La Porte8.6 mi away

9%563

Valparaiso14.6 mi away

4%244

Coolspring (in town)right here

4%230

Portage16.2 mi away

3%209

South Bend31.3 mi away

3%163

Porter10.8 mi away

2%142

New Buffalo, MI12.6 mi away

2%132

Chesterton9.8 mi away

2%130

Gary24.7 mi away

2%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,479

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

How far

How far Coolspring commutes

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

45%

23%

17%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coolspring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coolspring are

6,964 jobs are based in Coolspring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coolspring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coolspring

6,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Coolspring residents hold

6,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Coolspring, 2013 → 2023: 6,699 → 6,964. 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.