Work & commute · Ontario

Work & commute in Ontario, IN

Most working residents leave Ontario for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lagrange (10%), Shipshewana (7%) and Fort Wayne (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 112 Ontario residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontario.

112live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontario goes to work

Lagrange3.9 mi away

10%11

Shipshewana10 mi away

7%8

Fort Wayne44 mi away

7%8

Lima3.7 mi away

7%8

Newbury11.3 mi away

5%6

Clay5.7 mi away

4%5

Middlebury16.8 mi away

4%4

Elkhart29.8 mi away

4%4

Sturgis, MI7.1 mi away

4%4

Hudson19.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%52

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

How far

How far Ontario commutes

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

33%

34%

16%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontario is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontario are

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

Jobs based in Ontario

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Ontario residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+300%

Jobs based in Ontario, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 8. 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.