Work & commute · Pierceton

Work & commute in Pierceton, IN

Most working residents leave Pierceton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (32%), Elkhart (5%) and Fort Wayne (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 394 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 376 Pierceton residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 1,278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierceton.

376live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

1,278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierceton goes to work

Warsaw8.5 mi away

32%125

Elkhart37 mi away

5%20

Pierceton (in town)right here

5%18

Fort Wayne29.9 mi away

4%15

Winona Lake6.1 mi away

3%13

Goshen27.1 mi away

3%12

Wayne7.2 mi away

3%11

Mishawaka41.1 mi away

3%10

Columbia City11.7 mi away

2%8

South Bend44.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%154

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

How far

How far Pierceton commutes

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

47%

19%

23%

10%

47%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierceton is a job hub

3.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierceton are

1,296 jobs are based in Pierceton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pierceton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pierceton

1,296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Pierceton residents hold

394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+20%

Jobs based in Pierceton, 2013 → 2023: 1,084 → 1,296. 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.