Work & commute · Jamestown

Work & commute in Jamestown, IN

Most working residents leave Jamestown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Angola (26%), Fort Wayne (15%) and Fremont (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,485 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,411 Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamestown.

1,411live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamestown goes to work

Angola5.8 mi away

26%392

Fort Wayne44.7 mi away

15%223

Fremont4.6 mi away

7%102

Jamestown (in town)right here

5%72

Elkhart48.2 mi away

3%50

Pleasant4.9 mi away

3%48

Coldwater, MI15 mi away

2%34

Auburn25 mi away

2%24

Lagrange20.9 mi away

1%20

Goshen42.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%506

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

How far

How far Jamestown commutes

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

44%

14%

27%

15%

44%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamestown is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamestown are

1,089 jobs are based in Jamestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jamestown

1,089 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Jamestown residents hold

1,485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−10%

Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 1,216 → 1,089. 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.