Work & commute · Lake Eliza

Work & commute in Lake Eliza, IN

Most working residents leave Lake Eliza for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Valparaiso (15%), Merrillville (7%) and Gary (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

65 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 326 Lake Eliza residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Eliza.

326live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Eliza goes to work

Valparaiso7.6 mi away

15%49

Merrillville7.7 mi away

7%24

Gary14.1 mi away

7%24

Hobart7.6 mi away

6%20

Crown Point8.7 mi away

6%20

Portage11 mi away

4%12

Hammond20.9 mi away

3%11

Chicago, IL38.3 mi away

3%9

Whiting23 mi away

2%8

Highland16.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%143

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

How far

How far Lake Eliza commutes

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

45%

36%

13%

45%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Eliza is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Eliza are

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

Jobs based in Lake Eliza

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Lake Eliza residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−4%

Jobs based in Lake Eliza, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 25. 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.