Work & commute · Eel

Work & commute in Eel, IN

About one in 4 of Eel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Logansport (27%), Clinton (19%) and Deer Creek (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

2,120 of 8,116 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,996 Eel residents head out of town to work, 2,120 work right here, and 5,916 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eel.

5,996live here, work elsewhere

2,120live and work here

5,916work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eel goes to work

Logansport0.4 mi away

27%2,181

Clinton5.7 mi away

19%1,562

Deer Creek18.3 mi away

5%402

Kokomo23.2 mi away

4%310

Washington4.1 mi away

3%268

Lafayette36.2 mi away

2%181

Fort Wayne67.4 mi away

2%177

Eel (in town)right here

2%126

Winamac24.4 mi away

1%100

Marion39 mi away

1%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,721

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

How far

How far Eel commutes

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

53%

17%

10%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eel is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eel are

8,036 jobs are based in Eel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eel

8,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Eel residents hold

8,116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1%

Jobs based in Eel, 2013 → 2023: 7,943 → 8,036. 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.