Work & commute · Laketon

Work & commute in Laketon, IN

Most working residents leave Laketon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are North Manchester (19%), Warsaw (11%) and Wabash (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 231 Laketon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laketon.

231live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laketon goes to work

North Manchester3.7 mi away

19%45

Warsaw18.3 mi away

11%26

Wabash12.3 mi away

6%15

Chester5.6 mi away

4%10

Huntington18.8 mi away

3%8

South Whitley13.3 mi away

2%5

Wayne16.4 mi away

2%5

Pierceton16.4 mi away

2%4

Rochester19.5 mi away

2%4

Marion31.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%107

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

How far

How far Laketon commutes

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

30%

40%

10%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laketon is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laketon are

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

Jobs based in Laketon

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Laketon residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−6%

Jobs based in Laketon, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 97. 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.