Work & commute · Ligonier

Work & commute in Ligonier, IN

Most working residents leave Ligonier for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (14%), Elkhart (6%) and Topeka (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

296 of 1,962 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,666 Ligonier residents head out of town to work, 296 work right here, and 1,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ligonier.

1,666live here, work elsewhere

296live and work here

1,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ligonier goes to work

Ligonier (in town)right here

15%296

Goshen14.4 mi away

14%279

Elkhart24.7 mi away

6%121

Topeka5.9 mi away

6%118

Fort Wayne34.9 mi away

5%94

Syracuse8.4 mi away

3%67

Albion10.2 mi away

3%60

Middlebury15.5 mi away

3%57

Sparta4.6 mi away

3%55

New Paris12.2 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%769

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

How far

How far Ligonier commutes

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

33%

40%

17%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ligonier is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ligonier are

1,676 jobs are based in Ligonier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ligonier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ligonier

1,676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ligonier residents hold

1,962 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−26%

Jobs based in Ligonier, 2013 → 2023: 2,255 → 1,676. 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.