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Work & commute in Donaldson · A commuter town

100% of Donaldson’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Donaldson for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (30%), Bremen (4%) and Warsaw (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 73 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
54%
More than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
4
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Donaldson?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Donaldson

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
54%

of Donaldson workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
The commute map

30% of working residents work in Plymouth

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Culver: 2 residents work here (3%)Bourbon: 2 residents work here (3%)WinamacWalkerton: 2 residents work here (3%)Bremen: 3 residents work here (4%)Plymouth: 22 residents work here (30%)Warsaw: 3 residents work here (4%)Goshen: 2 residents work here (3%)Mishawaka: 2 residents work here (3%)South Bend: 3 residents work here (4%)Elkhart: 2 residents work here (3%)WestHamiltonDonaldsonRoselawnPlymouthBremenWarsawSouth BendCulverBourbonDonaldson
1
Plymouth6.5 mi away
30%22
2
Bremen16.3 mi away
4%3
3
Warsaw31.9 mi away
4%3
4
South Bend23.5 mi away
4%3
5
Culver10.1 mi away
3%2
6
Bourbon17.5 mi away
3%2
7
Walkerton7.4 mi away
3%2
8
Goshen35 mi away
3%2
9
Mishawaka26.1 mi away
3%2
10
Elkhart33.7 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%30
The top trips

Where Donaldson clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Donaldson quiets down on a workday

On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

73live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night62
Workday0
62live here− 73head out to work+ 4come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Donaldson on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Donaldson commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miPlymouth: 30% · 6.5 miBremen: 4% · 16.3 miWarsaw: 4% · 31.9 miSouth Bend: 4% · 23.5 miCulver: 3% · 10.1 miBourbon: 3% · 17.5 miWalkerton: 3% · 7.4 miGoshen: 3% · 35 miMishawaka: 3% · 26.1 miElkhart: 3% · 33.7 miPlymouth 30%Bremen 4%Warsaw 4%South Bend 4%Culver 3%Donaldson
DonaldsonTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi30 residents
23%10–24 mi17 residents
26%25–50 mi19 residents
10%Over 50 mi7 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in DonaldsonJobs Donaldson residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%41%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices100%40%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%22%
Over $3,333 a month0%62%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 54100%38%
55 and older0%41%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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