Work & commute · Hoffman Lake

Work & commute in Hoffman Lake, IN

Most working residents leave Hoffman Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (27%), Goshen (8%) and Nappanee (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 187 Hoffman Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoffman Lake.

187live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoffman Lake goes to work

Warsaw7.6 mi away

27%50

Goshen22.3 mi away

8%15

Nappanee11.8 mi away

6%12

Elkhart28.9 mi away

4%8

Fort Wayne45.9 mi away

4%8

South Bend31.3 mi away

3%6

Etna2.8 mi away

3%5

Plymouth17.8 mi away

2%4

Plain8.5 mi away

2%4

Prairie2.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%71

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

How far

How far Hoffman Lake commutes

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

38%

30%

21%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoffman Lake is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoffman Lake are

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

Jobs based in Hoffman Lake

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Hoffman Lake residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−63%

Jobs based in Hoffman Lake, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 3. 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.