Work & commute · Kendallville

Work & commute in Kendallville, IN

About one in 4 of Kendallville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (14%), Elkhart (4%) and Auburn (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,166 of 4,657 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,491 Kendallville residents head out of town to work, 1,166 work right here, and 4,668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kendallville.

3,491live here, work elsewhere

1,166live and work here

4,668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kendallville goes to work

Kendallville (in town)right here

25%1,166

Fort Wayne25.3 mi away

14%641

Elkhart40.3 mi away

4%164

Auburn11.7 mi away

3%151

Albion8.9 mi away

3%146

Avilla5.7 mi away

3%127

Goshen30.9 mi away

3%119

Angola19.1 mi away

2%103

Garrett9.4 mi away

2%86

Topeka16.4 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,870

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

How far

How far Kendallville commutes

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

39%

31%

19%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kendallville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kendallville are

5,834 jobs are based in Kendallville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kendallville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kendallville

5,834 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Kendallville residents hold

4,657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−15%

Jobs based in Kendallville, 2013 → 2023: 6,861 → 5,834. 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.