Work & commute · Hartford

Work & commute in Hartford, IN

Most working residents leave Hartford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Berne (21%), Decatur (10%) and Bluffton (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 282 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

282live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Berne5 mi away

21%61

Decatur16.1 mi away

10%28

Bluffton12 mi away

7%19

Fort Wayne33.7 mi away

6%17

Geneva3.8 mi away

6%16

Portland12.1 mi away

5%15

Monroe10.4 mi away

4%11

Monroe7.5 mi away

4%11

Goshen78.7 mi away

1%3

South Bend98 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%101

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

41%

25%

12%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

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

Jobs based in Hartford

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+98%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 105. 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.