Work & commute · Markle

Work & commute in Markle, IN

Most working residents leave Markle for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (31%), Huntington (11%) and Bluffton (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 521 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 502 Markle residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Markle.

502live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Markle goes to work

Fort Wayne20.7 mi away

31%162

Huntington9.2 mi away

11%57

Bluffton10.7 mi away

7%34

Lafayette9.5 mi away

6%29

Markle (in town)right here

4%19

Ossian9.6 mi away

2%11

Marion25.5 mi away

2%8

Center84.1 mi away

1%7

Warren10.7 mi away

1%6

Pleasant12.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%182

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

How far

How far Markle commutes

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

26%

46%

13%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Markle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Markle are

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

Jobs based in Markle

741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Markle residents hold

521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+20%

Jobs based in Markle, 2013 → 2023: 615 → 741. 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.