Work & commute · DeMotte

Work & commute in DeMotte, IN

Most working residents leave DeMotte for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Crown Point (5%), Valparaiso (5%) and Merrillville (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

264 of 1,849 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,585 DeMotte residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 1,431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeMotte.

1,585live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

1,431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeMotte goes to work

DeMotte (in town)right here

14%264

Crown Point16.5 mi away

5%100

Valparaiso20.8 mi away

5%99

Merrillville19.9 mi away

5%86

Wheatfield5 mi away

5%86

Gary28.2 mi away

3%56

Keener1.1 mi away

3%50

Hammond32.9 mi away

3%49

Rensselaer17.3 mi away

2%43

Portage26.9 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%977

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

How far

How far DeMotte commutes

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

26%

31%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeMotte is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in DeMotte are

1,695 jobs are based in DeMotte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeMotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DeMotte

1,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs DeMotte residents hold

1,849 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+33%

Jobs based in DeMotte, 2013 → 2023: 1,274 → 1,695. 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.