Work & commute · Ogden Dunes

Work & commute in Ogden Dunes, IN

Most working residents leave Ogden Dunes for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (8%), Merrillville (7%) and Valparaiso (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 403 Ogden Dunes residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogden Dunes.

403live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogden Dunes goes to work

Portage2.9 mi away

8%33

Merrillville12.6 mi away

7%30

Valparaiso12.6 mi away

6%26

Hammond15.6 mi away

6%25

Chicago, IL29.2 mi away

5%20

Gary8.4 mi away

5%20

Ogden Dunes (in town)right here

5%19

East Chicago13.5 mi away

5%19

Crown Point17.1 mi away

4%17

Hobart9.1 mi away

4%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%197

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

How far

How far Ogden Dunes commutes

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

25%

47%

11%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogden Dunes 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 Ogden Dunes are

45 jobs are based in Ogden Dunes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ogden Dunes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ogden Dunes

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ogden Dunes residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+67%

Jobs based in Ogden Dunes, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 45. 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.