Work & commute · Huntertown

Work & commute in Huntertown, IN

Most working residents leave Huntertown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (58%), Perry (3%) and Eel River (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

234 of 6,410 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,176 Huntertown residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 1,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntertown.

6,176live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

1,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntertown goes to work

Fort Wayne9 mi away

58%3,715

Huntertown (in town)right here

4%234

Perry1.4 mi away

3%193

Eel River5 mi away

2%124

New Haven12.8 mi away

2%104

Auburn11.7 mi away

1%90

Union13.5 mi away

1%89

Aboite13.3 mi away

1%81

Lafayette18.9 mi away

1%66

Kendallville16.4 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,655

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

How far

How far Huntertown commutes

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

54%

29%

13%

54%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntertown is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntertown are

1,480 jobs are based in Huntertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntertown

1,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Huntertown residents hold

6,410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+25%

Jobs based in Huntertown, 2013 → 2023: 1,181 → 1,480. 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.