Work & commute · Locke

Work & commute in Locke, IN

Most working residents leave Locke for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Nappanee (24%), Goshen (12%) and Elkhart (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

253 of 1,869 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,616 Locke residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 2,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Locke.

1,616live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

2,686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Locke goes to work

Nappanee2.8 mi away

24%451

Goshen12.3 mi away

12%217

Elkhart15.2 mi away

10%192

Wakarusa3.7 mi away

6%105

South Bend18.4 mi away

4%77

Mishawaka15.4 mi away

3%52

Bremen6.6 mi away

2%46

Union5 mi away

2%44

Jackson10.5 mi away

2%34

Middlebury21.3 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%621

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

How far

How far Locke commutes

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

41%

45%

11%

41%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Locke is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Locke are

2,939 jobs are based in Locke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Locke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Locke

2,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Locke residents hold

1,869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+70%

Jobs based in Locke, 2013 → 2023: 1,726 → 2,939. 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.