Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, IN

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Angola (21%), Fort Wayne (12%) and Elkhart (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 728 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 713 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

713live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Angola7.1 mi away

21%150

Fort Wayne39.3 mi away

12%89

Elkhart42.2 mi away

3%24

Ashley10.4 mi away

3%21

Fremont11.7 mi away

3%20

Pleasant6.1 mi away

2%18

Springfield5.8 mi away

2%17

Jamestown7.8 mi away

2%17

Orland5.2 mi away

2%16

Hamilton14.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%341

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%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

604 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

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−3%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 622 → 604. 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.