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Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, IN

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are La Porte (25%), Michigan City (8%) and South Bend (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
2 of 699 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 697 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

697live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
41work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

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1
La Porte9.4 mi away
25%174
2
Michigan City19.4 mi away
8%59
3
South Bend15.9 mi away
4%31
4
Pleasant5.6 mi away
3%20
5
Wills5.7 mi away
2%17
6
Chicago, IL61.9 mi away
2%14
7
Kankakee7.9 mi away
2%14
8
Center12.2 mi away
2%14
9
Gary41.7 mi away
2%13
10
Fort Wayne79.8 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%331

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln

43 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

699 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+43%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 43. 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.

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