Work & commute · Jimmerson Lake

Work & commute in Jimmerson Lake, IN

Most working residents leave Jimmerson Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Angola (30%), Fort Wayne (15%) and Fremont (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 433 Jimmerson Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jimmerson Lake.

433live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jimmerson Lake goes to work

Angola4.6 mi away

30%128

Fort Wayne42.8 mi away

15%63

Fremont6.2 mi away

6%27

Pleasant3.5 mi away

6%24

Elkhart46.8 mi away

3%11

Coldwater, MI17 mi away

2%10

Lagrange19.1 mi away

2%8

Auburn23.2 mi away

2%8

Goshen41 mi away

1%6

Jamestown2.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%142

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

How far

How far Jimmerson Lake commutes

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

45%

15%

25%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jimmerson Lake is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jimmerson Lake are

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

Jobs based in Jimmerson Lake

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Jimmerson Lake residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−13%

Jobs based in Jimmerson Lake, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 27. 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.