Work & commute · Mexico

Work & commute in Mexico, IN

Most working residents leave Mexico for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (19%), Kokomo (9%) and Logansport (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 361 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 358 Mexico residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mexico.

358live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mexico goes to work

Peru4.4 mi away

19%70

Kokomo24.1 mi away

9%32

Logansport13.6 mi away

6%20

Wabash14.7 mi away

5%19

Fort Wayne53.9 mi away

4%13

Peru2.9 mi away

3%12

Pipe Creek8.3 mi away

3%11

Rochester17.6 mi away

2%8

Noble13.5 mi away

2%7

Lafayette48.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%163

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

How far

How far Mexico commutes

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

32%

30%

15%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mexico is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mexico are

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

Jobs based in Mexico

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mexico residents hold

361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+80%

Jobs based in Mexico, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 88. 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.