Work & commute · Harlan

Work & commute in Harlan, IN

Most working residents leave Harlan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (30%), New Haven (5%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 546 Harlan residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harlan.

546live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harlan goes to work

Fort Wayne13.7 mi away

30%172

New Haven10.2 mi away

5%31

Springfield2.8 mi away

5%31

Harlan (in town)right here

5%26

Grabill2.5 mi away

4%21

Milan4.1 mi away

3%18

Cedar Creek5.2 mi away

3%16

Spencer6.2 mi away

2%11

Center117.2 mi away

2%10

Butler16.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%227

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

How far

How far Harlan commutes

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

36%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harlan is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harlan are

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

Jobs based in Harlan

379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Harlan residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+12%

Jobs based in Harlan, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 379. 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.