Work & commute · Middlebury

Work & commute in Middlebury, IN

About one in 5 of Middlebury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (14%), Goshen (11%) and Middlebury (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

342 of 1,734 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 1,392 Middlebury residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 6,911 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlebury.

1,392live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

6,911work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlebury goes to work

Middlebury (in town)right here

20%342

Elkhart13.2 mi away

14%242

Goshen9.2 mi away

11%199

Middlebury1.6 mi away

8%137

York4.1 mi away

7%113

Bristol6.9 mi away

3%50

Newbury6 mi away

2%42

Shipshewana6.8 mi away

2%31

Mishawaka23.6 mi away

2%31

Topeka12.3 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%519

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

How far

How far Middlebury commutes

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

57%

27%

10%

57%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlebury is a job hub

4.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlebury are

7,253 jobs are based in Middlebury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middlebury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middlebury

7,253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Middlebury residents hold

1,734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+39%

Jobs based in Middlebury, 2013 → 2023: 5,233 → 7,253. 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.