Work & commute · Lake Dalecarlia

Work & commute in Lake Dalecarlia, IN

Most working residents leave Lake Dalecarlia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Crown Point (9%), Lowell (7%) and Merrillville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 630 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 627 Lake Dalecarlia residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Dalecarlia.

627live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Dalecarlia goes to work

Crown Point5.8 mi away

9%59

Lowell3.3 mi away

7%41

Merrillville10.4 mi away

6%39

Chicago, IL37.7 mi away

5%34

Cedar Creek4.7 mi away

4%23

Hammond20.3 mi away

3%21

Gary17.9 mi away

3%21

Schererville10.6 mi away

3%20

Munster15.6 mi away

3%18

Cedar Lake3.4 mi away

3%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%338

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

How far

How far Lake Dalecarlia commutes

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

30%

44%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Dalecarlia is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Dalecarlia are

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

Jobs based in Lake Dalecarlia

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Dalecarlia residents hold

630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+68%

Jobs based in Lake Dalecarlia, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 57. 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.