Work & commute · Eagle Creek

Work & commute in Eagle Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Eagle Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Crown Point (11%), Chicago (8%) and Merrillville (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 862 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 818 Eagle Creek residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Creek.

818live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Creek goes to work

Crown Point9.5 mi away

11%95

Chicago, IL43.7 mi away

8%71

Merrillville13.4 mi away

6%54

Gary21.6 mi away

6%50

Eagle Creek (in town)right here

5%44

Lowell7.2 mi away

5%39

Hammond25.9 mi away

3%26

Hobart16 mi away

3%23

Hebron5.1 mi away

2%19

Valparaiso18.2 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%422

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

How far

How far Eagle Creek commutes

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

25%

43%

18%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Creek is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Creek are

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

Jobs based in Eagle Creek

501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Eagle Creek residents hold

862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+76%

Jobs based in Eagle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 501. 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.