Work & commute · Lagrange

Work & commute in Lagrange, IN

Most working residents leave Lagrange for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (5%), Middlebury (5%) and Elkhart (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

192 of 1,099 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 907 Lagrange residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 2,086 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lagrange.

907live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

2,086work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lagrange goes to work

Lagrange (in town)right here

17%192

Fort Wayne41.2 mi away

5%56

Middlebury15.1 mi away

5%53

Elkhart28.3 mi away

5%52

Clay3.5 mi away

4%47

Bloomfield3 mi away

4%45

Goshen21.9 mi away

4%44

Sturgis, MI10.4 mi away

4%43

Newbury9.1 mi away

4%41

Lima6.2 mi away

3%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%493

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

How far

How far Lagrange commutes

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

39%

31%

17%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lagrange is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lagrange are

2,278 jobs are based in Lagrange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lagrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lagrange

2,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lagrange residents hold

1,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Lagrange, 2013 → 2023: 2,188 → 2,278. 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.