Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, IN

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (28%), Elkhart (12%) and New Paris (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

269 of 2,315 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,046 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 2,963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

2,046live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

2,963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Goshen6.4 mi away

28%641

Elkhart16.2 mi away

12%286

Jackson (in town)right here

6%145

New Paris1.4 mi away

5%124

Nappanee9.1 mi away

4%83

Benton3.8 mi away

3%81

Middlebury14.5 mi away

3%73

Syracuse5.7 mi away

2%42

South Bend26.5 mi away

2%39

Mishawaka22.1 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%763

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.

51%

33%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

3,232 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

3,232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

2,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+26%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 2,557 → 3,232. 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.