Work & commute · Grissom AFB

Work & commute in Grissom AFB, IN

Most working residents leave Grissom AFB for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kokomo (13%), Peru (6%) and Fort Wayne (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 717 working residents

Typical commute

34 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 683 Grissom AFB residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grissom AFB.

683live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grissom AFB goes to work

Kokomo13.3 mi away

13%90

Peru8.1 mi away

6%44

Fort Wayne60.3 mi away

6%42

Grissom AFB (in town)right here

5%34

Logansport12.6 mi away

4%31

Washington5.6 mi away

4%27

Pipe Creek2.7 mi away

3%24

Lafayette41.7 mi away

3%22

Wabash19.4 mi away

3%18

Marion26.5 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%372

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

How far

How far Grissom AFB commutes

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

20%

24%

17%

39%

20%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grissom AFB is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grissom AFB are

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

Jobs based in Grissom AFB

429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Grissom AFB residents hold

717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−18%

Jobs based in Grissom AFB, 2013 → 2023: 520 → 429. 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.