Work & commute · Preble

Work & commute in Preble, IN

Most working residents leave Preble for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (29%), Decatur (26%) and Berne (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 551 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 547 Preble residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preble.

547live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preble goes to work

Fort Wayne16.3 mi away

29%158

Decatur6.5 mi away

26%144

Berne15 mi away

3%18

Bluffton10.8 mi away

3%18

Lafayette14 mi away

2%11

Root5.3 mi away

2%9

Van Wert, OH23.7 mi away

1%8

Center94.9 mi away

1%8

Monroe9.8 mi away

1%7

New Haven14.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%163

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

How far

How far Preble commutes

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

33%

46%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preble is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Preble are

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

Jobs based in Preble

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Preble residents hold

551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−47%

Jobs based in Preble, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 84. 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.