Work & commute · Nappanee

Work & commute in Nappanee, IN

About one in 4 of Nappanee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (12%), Goshen (11%) and Wakarusa (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

720 of 3,161 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,441 Nappanee residents head out of town to work, 720 work right here, and 4,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nappanee.

2,441live here, work elsewhere

720live and work here

4,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nappanee goes to work

Nappanee (in town)right here

23%720

Elkhart17.1 mi away

12%386

Goshen12.3 mi away

11%341

Wakarusa5.9 mi away

5%164

South Bend21.3 mi away

3%104

Mishawaka18.2 mi away

3%98

Bremen8 mi away

2%76

Jackson9.1 mi away

2%69

Union3.8 mi away

2%57

New Paris9.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,100

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

How far

How far Nappanee commutes

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

39%

45%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nappanee is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nappanee are

5,433 jobs are based in Nappanee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nappanee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nappanee

5,433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Nappanee residents hold

3,161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+32%

Jobs based in Nappanee, 2013 → 2023: 4,110 → 5,433. 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.