Work & commute · Dune Acres

Work & commute in Dune Acres, IN

Most working residents leave Dune Acres for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Porter (12%), Valparaiso (11%) and Chesterton (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 Dune Acres residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dune Acres.

100live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dune Acres goes to work

Porter1.7 mi away

12%12

Valparaiso12 mi away

11%11

Chesterton4 mi away

10%10

Portage6.4 mi away

8%8

Merrillville17.1 mi away

6%6

Hammond21.1 mi away

5%5

Chicago, IL33.3 mi away

4%4

Michigan City12.1 mi away

4%4

Burns Harbor3 mi away

3%3

East Chicago18.8 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%34

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

How far

How far Dune Acres commutes

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

36%

40%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dune Acres is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dune Acres are

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

Jobs based in Dune Acres

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Dune Acres residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+31%

Jobs based in Dune Acres, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 21. 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.