Work & commute · New Haven

Work & commute in New Haven, IN

Most working residents leave New Haven for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (51%), Lafayette (2%) and Milan (1%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,081 of 7,952 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,871 New Haven residents head out of town to work, 1,081 work right here, and 8,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Haven.

6,871live here, work elsewhere

1,081live and work here

8,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Haven goes to work

Fort Wayne6.7 mi away

51%4,093

New Haven (in town)right here

14%1,081

Lafayette15.6 mi away

2%123

Milan6.2 mi away

1%109

Aboite13.9 mi away

1%89

Center107 mi away

1%73

Auburn20.8 mi away

1%70

Union20.2 mi away

1%63

Decatur17.1 mi away

1%59

Pleasant10.9 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,136

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

How far

How far New Haven commutes

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

61%

19%

15%

61%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Haven are

9,321 jobs are based in New Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Haven

9,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Haven residents hold

7,952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+14%

Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 8,168 → 9,321. 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.