Work & commute · Goodland

Work & commute in Goodland, IN

Most working residents leave Goodland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kentland (12%), Rensselaer (8%) and Lafayette (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 469 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 448 Goodland residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodland.

448live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodland goes to work

Kentland7.9 mi away

12%54

Rensselaer14.9 mi away

8%36

Lafayette33.9 mi away

7%31

Goodland (in town)right here

4%21

Remington8.7 mi away

4%19

Brook8 mi away

3%13

Iroquois7.6 mi away

2%11

Monticello27.7 mi away

2%10

Monon22.9 mi away

1%7

Grant1.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%260

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

How far

How far Goodland commutes

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

28%

19%

33%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodland is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodland are

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

Jobs based in Goodland

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Goodland residents hold

469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Goodland, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 294. 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.