Work & commute · Gas

Work & commute in Gas, IN

Most working residents leave Gas for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (32%), Muncie (3%) and Fort Wayne (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

451 of 2,532 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,081 Gas residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 3,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gas.

2,081live here, work elsewhere

451live and work here

3,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gas goes to work

Marion5.5 mi away

32%805

Gas City (in town)right here

18%451

Muncie22.6 mi away

3%82

Fort Wayne47.7 mi away

3%66

Kokomo28.1 mi away

2%50

Center57 mi away

2%45

Van Buren10 mi away

1%31

Anderson28 mi away

1%31

Center3.3 mi away

1%30

Washington51.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%919

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

How far

How far Gas commutes

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

55%

10%

16%

20%

55%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gas are

3,753 jobs are based in Gas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gas

3,753 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Gas residents hold

2,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+15%

Jobs based in Gas, 2013 → 2023: 3,261 → 3,753. 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.