Work & commute · Lake Santee

Work & commute in Lake Santee, IN

Most working residents leave Lake Santee for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greensburg (33%), Batesville (8%) and Washington (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 412 Lake Santee residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Santee.

412live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Santee goes to work

Greensburg10.9 mi away

33%136

Batesville8.8 mi away

8%32

Washington9.9 mi away

6%26

Columbus35.5 mi away

4%18

Shelbyville26.9 mi away

3%13

Rushville16.6 mi away

2%9

Cincinnati, OH46.6 mi away

2%9

Lawrence48.4 mi away

2%8

Center51.2 mi away

2%7

Fugit2.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%148

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

How far

How far Lake Santee commutes

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

24%

36%

25%

15%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Santee is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Santee are

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

Jobs based in Lake Santee

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Lake Santee residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+279%

Jobs based in Lake Santee, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 53. 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.