Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, IN

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (29%), Auburn (14%) and Garrett (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,809 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,760 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

1,760live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Fort Wayne16.5 mi away

29%523

Auburn4.6 mi away

14%251

Garrett6.3 mi away

5%87

Butler11.2 mi away

3%59

Elkhart55.7 mi away

3%47

Kendallville15.6 mi away

2%39

Jackson (in town)right here

2%39

Spencer5.6 mi away

2%38

Wilmington8.5 mi away

2%33

Waterloo9.1 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%661

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

How far

How far Jackson commutes

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

36%

43%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

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

Jobs based in Jackson

644 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

1,809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+16%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 644. 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.