Work & commute · Otsego

Work & commute in Otsego, IN

Most working residents leave Otsego for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Angola (19%), Fort Wayne (13%) and Hamilton (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,124 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,075 Otsego residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otsego.

1,075live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otsego goes to work

Angola7.5 mi away

19%216

Fort Wayne35.4 mi away

13%148

Hamilton2.1 mi away

5%57

Auburn15.9 mi away

5%54

Elkhart55.1 mi away

4%49

Ashley8.6 mi away

4%48

Fremont11.1 mi away

3%32

Butler10 mi away

3%29

Wilmington11.7 mi away

2%23

Kendallville20.1 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%446

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

How far

How far Otsego commutes

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

37%

25%

21%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otsego 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 Otsego are

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

Jobs based in Otsego

897 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Otsego residents hold

1,124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+17%

Jobs based in Otsego, 2013 → 2023: 767 → 897. 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.