Work & commute · New Durham

Work & commute in New Durham, IN

Most working residents leave New Durham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Michigan City (11%), La Porte (9%) and Valparaiso (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

188 of 2,634 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,446 New Durham residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 1,725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Durham.

2,446live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

1,725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Durham goes to work

Michigan City10.3 mi away

11%294

La Porte8.9 mi away

9%248

Valparaiso10.8 mi away

9%229

Westville2.3 mi away

5%122

South Bend32.2 mi away

4%109

Portage16 mi away

3%86

Chesterton9.8 mi away

3%79

Gary24.6 mi away

3%75

Porter11.9 mi away

3%69

New Durham (in town)right here

3%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,257

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

How far

How far New Durham commutes

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

29%

32%

18%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Durham is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Durham are

1,913 jobs are based in New Durham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Durham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Durham

1,913 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs New Durham residents hold

2,634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+45%

Jobs based in New Durham, 2013 → 2023: 1,316 → 1,913. 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.