Work & commute · Ossian

Work & commute in Ossian, IN

Most working residents leave Ossian for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (33%), Bluffton (10%) and Jefferson (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

123 of 1,433 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,310 Ossian residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 1,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ossian.

1,310live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

1,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ossian goes to work

Fort Wayne14.7 mi away

33%475

Bluffton9.2 mi away

10%149

Ossian (in town)right here

9%123

Jefferson1.2 mi away

3%49

Decatur13 mi away

3%40

Lafayette8 mi away

3%39

Pleasant5.7 mi away

2%30

New Haven15.4 mi away

2%26

Huntington17.6 mi away

1%21

Marion34.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%465

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

How far

How far Ossian commutes

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

28%

49%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ossian is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ossian are

1,140 jobs are based in Ossian. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ossian’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ossian

1,140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ossian residents hold

1,433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+24%

Jobs based in Ossian, 2013 → 2023: 916 → 1,140. 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.