Work & commute · Culver

Work & commute in Culver, IN

Most working residents leave Culver for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Union (22%), Plymouth (13%) and South Bend (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

85 of 483 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 398 Culver residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Culver.

398live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

743work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Culver goes to work

Union1 mi away

22%104

Culver (in town)right here

18%85

Plymouth10.6 mi away

13%61

South Bend32.8 mi away

4%19

Fort Wayne67.3 mi away

3%15

Mishawaka34.5 mi away

3%14

Warsaw30 mi away

2%10

Elkhart40.6 mi away

2%10

Knox11.5 mi away

2%9

Rochester16 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%149

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

How far

How far Culver commutes

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

43%

22%

21%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Culver is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Culver are

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

Jobs based in Culver

828 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Culver residents hold

483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in Culver, 2013 → 2023: 891 → 828. 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.