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Work & commute · North Bend

Work & commute in North Bend, IN

Most working residents leave North Bend for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Knox (12%), Plymouth (9%) and Culver (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 537 working residents
Typical commute
31 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 530 North Bend residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Bend.

530live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
54work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Bend goes to work

Tinley ParkCulverWinamacKnoxRochesterPlymouthValparaisoMishawakaLa PorteMichigan CitySouth BendLafayetteWashingtonCaliforniaWestUnionTippecanoeCenterNorth BendBass LakeKnoxPlymouthCulverWinamacSouth BendValparaisoCenterMishawakaLa PorteLafayetteNorth Bend
1
Knox7.3 mi away
12%64
2
Plymouth14.3 mi away
9%50
3
Culver5.3 mi away
4%24
4
Winamac11.8 mi away
4%20
5
South Bend34.7 mi away
4%20
6
Valparaiso32.9 mi away
3%15
7
Center8.5 mi away
2%11
8
Mishawaka37.1 mi away
2%10
9
La Porte29.1 mi away
2%10
10
Lafayette58.9 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%303

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

How far

How far North Bend commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Bend is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Bend are

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

Jobs based in North Bend

61 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs North Bend residents hold

537 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+49%

Jobs based in North Bend, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 61. 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.

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