Work & commute · Johnson

Work & commute in Johnson, IN

Most working residents leave Johnson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (11%), Lagrange (7%) and Elkhart (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,445 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,400 Johnson residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnson.

1,400live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnson goes to work

Fort Wayne35.1 mi away

11%154

Lagrange6.3 mi away

7%102

Elkhart32.4 mi away

6%86

Topeka10.1 mi away

4%65

Kendallville10.1 mi away

4%62

Goshen24.5 mi away

4%59

Clearspring6.9 mi away

4%54

Middlebury19.4 mi away

4%53

Newbury13.5 mi away

3%43

Clay9.2 mi away

3%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%726

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

How far

How far Johnson commutes

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

29%

35%

26%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnson is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnson are

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

Jobs based in Johnson

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Johnson residents hold

1,445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Johnson, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 264. 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.