Work & commute · Koontz Lake

Work & commute in Koontz Lake, IN

Most working residents leave Koontz Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (11%), South Bend (9%) and Walkerton (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 710 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

55 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 706 Koontz Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Koontz Lake.

706live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Koontz Lake goes to work

Plymouth9.2 mi away

11%78

South Bend21.2 mi away

9%65

Walkerton3.7 mi away

8%54

Mishawaka24.4 mi away

3%22

Oregon2.9 mi away

3%21

Valparaiso30.2 mi away

2%17

Warsaw34.5 mi away

2%15

Michigan City28.8 mi away

2%15

Fort Wayne72.8 mi away

2%14

Knox11.2 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%397

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

How far

How far Koontz Lake commutes

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

23%

28%

22%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Koontz 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 Koontz Lake are

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

Jobs based in Koontz Lake

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Koontz Lake residents hold

710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Koontz Lake, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 43. 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.