Work & commute · Dunlap

Work & commute in Dunlap, IN

Most working residents leave Dunlap for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (30%), Goshen (19%) and South Bend (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,940 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,849 Dunlap residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 1,030 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunlap.

2,849live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

1,030work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunlap goes to work

Elkhart4.5 mi away

30%869

Goshen6.4 mi away

19%560

South Bend18.1 mi away

5%150

Mishawaka12.9 mi away

5%136

Dunlap (in town)right here

3%91

Middlebury11.3 mi away

3%84

Bristol7.1 mi away

2%70

Concord1.6 mi away

2%64

Cleveland8 mi away

2%64

Nappanee13.6 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%811

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

How far

How far Dunlap commutes

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

63%

23%

11%

63%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunlap is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunlap are

1,121 jobs are based in Dunlap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunlap

1,121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dunlap residents hold

2,940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+10%

Jobs based in Dunlap, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,121. 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.