Work & commute · Kouts

Work & commute in Kouts, IN

Most working residents leave Kouts for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Valparaiso (22%), Merrillville (5%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 934 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 873 Kouts residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 554 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kouts.

873live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

554work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kouts goes to work

Valparaiso11.3 mi away

22%205

Kouts (in town)right here

7%61

Merrillville18.5 mi away

5%43

Chicago, IL49.5 mi away

4%35

Gary25.2 mi away

4%35

Chesterton19.6 mi away

3%32

Hobart18.8 mi away

3%31

Portage20.3 mi away

3%28

Pleasant2.2 mi away

2%23

East Chicago31.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%419

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

How far

How far Kouts commutes

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

16%

47%

21%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kouts is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kouts are

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

Jobs based in Kouts

615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kouts residents hold

934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−3%

Jobs based in Kouts, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 615. 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.