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Work & commute in Laotto · Balanced

100% of Laotto’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Laotto for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (29%), Kendallville (10%) and Avilla (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 125 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
12%
More than IN (11%)
Jobs based here
184
Balanced

What kind of work town is Laotto?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

29% of working residents work in Fort Wayne

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Churubusco: 5 residents work here (4%)Avilla: 8 residents work here (6%)Albion: 5 residents work here (4%)GarrettKendallville: 13 residents work here (10%)AngolaAuburn: 3 residents work here (2%)Goshen: 4 residents work here (3%)Elkhart: 4 residents work here (3%)Fort Wayne: 36 residents work here (29%)GreenPerry: 3 residents work here (2%)JacksonSwanAllen: 3 residents work here (2%)LaottoFort WayneKendallvilleAvillaChurubuscoAlbionGoshenLaotto
1
Fort Wayne14.3 mi away
29%36
2
Kendallville11 mi away
10%13
3
Avilla5.3 mi away
6%8
4
Churubusco7.5 mi away
4%5
5
Albion13.5 mi away
4%5
6
Goshen38.1 mi away
3%4
7
Elkhart48.3 mi away
3%4
8
Auburn9.1 mi away
2%3
9
Perry5.7 mi away
2%3
10
Allen7.6 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%41
The top trips

Where Laotto clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Laotto fills up on a workday

On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere.

125live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
184work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday280
220live here− 130head out to work+ 180come in to work= 280on a workday

About 280 people are in Laotto on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.47jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Laotto commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miFort Wayne: 29% · 14.3 miKendallville: 10% · 11 miAvilla: 6% · 5.3 miChurubusco: 4% · 7.5 miAlbion: 4% · 13.5 miGoshen: 3% · 38.1 miElkhart: 3% · 48.3 miAuburn: 2% · 9.1 miPerry: 2% · 5.7 miAllen: 2% · 7.6 miFort Wayne 29%Kendallville 10%Avilla 6%Churubusco 4%Albion 4%Laotto
LaottoTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi39 residents
46%10–24 mi58 residents
10%25–50 mi12 residents
13%Over 50 mi16 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Laotto makes things: 70% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in LaottoJobs Laotto residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms70%41%
Trade, transport & utilities24%14%
Services: health, schools, offices6%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%22%
Over $3,333 a month69%66%

Who does it

29 or younger26%14%
30 to 5454%57%
55 and older20%30%
+46%

Jobs based in Laotto, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 184. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Laotto

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
12%

of Laotto workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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