Work & commute · Galveston

Work & commute in Galveston, IN

Most working residents leave Galveston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kokomo (31%), Logansport (9%) and Clinton (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 517 Galveston residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galveston.

517live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galveston goes to work

Kokomo8.4 mi away

31%164

Logansport14.6 mi away

9%46

Clinton17.2 mi away

7%36

Fort Wayne65.3 mi away

4%21

Walton6.5 mi away

2%13

Marion28 mi away

2%12

Jackson2.4 mi away

2%11

Washington11.1 mi away

2%11

Galveston (in town)right here

2%10

Peru14.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%193

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

How far

How far Galveston commutes

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

38%

28%

13%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galveston is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galveston are

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

Jobs based in Galveston

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Galveston residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Galveston, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 90. 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.