Work & commute · German

Work & commute in German, IN

Most working residents leave German for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (37%), Mishawaka (13%) and Elkhart (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

435 of 4,518 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,083 German residents head out of town to work, 435 work right here, and 10,308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German.

4,083live here, work elsewhere

435live and work here

10,308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German goes to work

South Bend4.1 mi away

37%1,655

Mishawaka8.2 mi away

13%567

Elkhart18.1 mi away

6%286

Notre Dame4.1 mi away

6%270

Clay4.5 mi away

3%128

Penn10.7 mi away

1%66

German (in town)right here

1%65

Granger9.1 mi away

1%63

Goshen26.9 mi away

1%53

Center135.1 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,316

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

How far

How far German commutes

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

66%

13%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German is a job hub

2.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in German are

10,743 jobs are based in German. Here is what they are, next to the jobs German’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in German

10,743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs German residents hold

4,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+24%

Jobs based in German, 2013 → 2023: 8,652 → 10,743. 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.