Work & commute · Notre Dame

Work & commute in Notre Dame, IN

Most working residents leave Notre Dame for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (11%), Mishawaka (4%) and Fort Wayne (3%). Half commute less than 65 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 934 working residents

Typical commute

65 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 873 Notre Dame residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 7,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Notre Dame.

873live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

7,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Notre Dame goes to work

South Bend2.3 mi away

11%99

Notre Dame (in town)right here

7%61

Mishawaka4.1 mi away

4%41

Fort Wayne70.8 mi away

3%29

Center133.1 mi away

3%25

Lafayette95.6 mi away

2%22

Chicago, IL75.1 mi away

2%19

Elkhart14.3 mi away

2%18

Washington126.1 mi away

2%18

Pike126.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%585

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

How far

How far Notre Dame commutes

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

26%

10%

58%

26%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

58%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Notre Dame is a job hub

8.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Notre Dame are

7,601 jobs are based in Notre Dame. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Notre Dame’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Notre Dame

7,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Notre Dame residents hold

934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+873%

Jobs based in Notre Dame, 2013 → 2023: 781 → 7,601. 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.