Work & commute · Grabill

Work & commute in Grabill, IN

Most working residents leave Grabill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (45%), Cedar Creek (6%) and New Haven (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 472 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 450 Grabill residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grabill.

450live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grabill goes to work

Fort Wayne12.4 mi away

45%214

Cedar Creek2.7 mi away

6%27

Grabill (in town)right here

5%22

New Haven10.1 mi away

4%18

Leo-Cedarville2.9 mi away

3%12

Auburn11.9 mi away

2%9

Springfield4.1 mi away

1%7

Center116.6 mi away

1%6

Milan4.9 mi away

1%5

Bluffton33.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%148

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

How far

How far Grabill commutes

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

34%

45%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grabill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grabill are

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

Jobs based in Grabill

702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Grabill residents hold

472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−19%

Jobs based in Grabill, 2013 → 2023: 862 → 702. 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.