Work & commute · Dyer

Work & commute in Dyer, IN

Most working residents leave Dyer for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (10%), Munster (8%) and Hammond (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

483 of 6,872 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,389 Dyer residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 4,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dyer.

6,389live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

4,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dyer goes to work

Chicago, IL25.1 mi away

10%657

Munster3.4 mi away

8%520

Dyer (in town)right here

7%483

Hammond8.5 mi away

6%405

Schererville3.5 mi away

6%391

Merrillville10 mi away

4%301

St. John4.4 mi away

4%272

Crown Point10.4 mi away

4%247

Highland4.3 mi away

3%175

Gary10.6 mi away

2%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,254

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

How far

How far Dyer commutes

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

51%

23%

13%

51%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dyer is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dyer are

5,010 jobs are based in Dyer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dyer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dyer

5,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Dyer residents hold

6,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in Dyer, 2013 → 2023: 4,846 → 5,010. 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.