Work & commute · Kentland

Work & commute in Kentland, IN

About one in 5 of Kentland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (7%), Rensselaer (5%) and Goodland (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

154 of 711 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 557 Kentland residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kentland.

557live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kentland goes to work

Kentland (in town)right here

22%154

Lafayette40.1 mi away

7%53

Rensselaer19.6 mi away

5%34

Goodland7.9 mi away

3%22

Watseka, IL14.9 mi away

3%21

Remington16.6 mi away

3%20

La Porte69.2 mi away

2%15

Iroquois9 mi away

2%14

Chicago, IL74.5 mi away

2%13

West Lafayette35.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%353

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

How far

How far Kentland commutes

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

28%

19%

22%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kentland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kentland are

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

Jobs based in Kentland

823 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kentland residents hold

711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−79%

Jobs based in Kentland, 2013 → 2023: 3,856 → 823. 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.