Work & commute · Long Beach

Work & commute in Long Beach, IN

Most working residents leave Long Beach for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Michigan City (28%), La Porte (6%) and Valparaiso (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 405 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 396 Long Beach residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Beach.

396live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Beach goes to work

Michigan City2.6 mi away

28%114

La Porte11.4 mi away

6%26

Valparaiso21 mi away

4%15

South Bend30.3 mi away

3%14

New Buffalo, MI7.3 mi away

3%14

Fort Wayne99.3 mi away

3%13

Long Beach (in town)right here

2%9

Porter14.5 mi away

2%9

Gary27.8 mi away

2%8

New Buffalo, MI6.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%176

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

How far

How far Long Beach commutes

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

40%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Beach are

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

Jobs based in Long Beach

314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Long Beach residents hold

405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+120%

Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 314. 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.