Work & commute · Mentone

Work & commute in Mentone, IN

Most working residents leave Mentone for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (33%), Elkhart (5%) and Wayne (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 365 Mentone residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mentone.

365live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mentone goes to work

Warsaw11.1 mi away

33%126

Elkhart36 mi away

5%18

Mentone (in town)right here

4%17

Wayne11 mi away

4%17

Goshen29.7 mi away

4%14

Fort Wayne47 mi away

3%12

Syracuse22.8 mi away

2%9

Plain14.1 mi away

2%8

Plymouth18.9 mi away

2%7

Rochester11.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%148

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

How far

How far Mentone commutes

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

23%

43%

23%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mentone is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mentone are

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

Jobs based in Mentone

338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Mentone residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Mentone, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 338. 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.