Work & commute · North Liberty

Work & commute in North Liberty, IN

Most working residents leave North Liberty for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (27%), Mishawaka (9%) and Elkhart (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 641 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 608 North Liberty residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Liberty.

608live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Liberty goes to work

South Bend12.9 mi away

27%176

Mishawaka16.8 mi away

9%57

Elkhart26.5 mi away

6%39

Walkerton5.4 mi away

5%35

North Liberty (in town)right here

5%33

Plymouth13.9 mi away

3%20

Notre Dame15.2 mi away

3%19

Penn17.2 mi away

3%17

Greene5 mi away

2%10

Granger20.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%225

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

How far

How far North Liberty commutes

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

16%

59%

11%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Liberty is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Liberty are

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

Jobs based in North Liberty

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs North Liberty residents hold

641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−12%

Jobs based in North Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 470 → 413. 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.