Work & commute · Railroad

Work & commute in Railroad, IN

Most working residents leave Railroad for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Knox (10%), North Judson (9%) and Valparaiso (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 481 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 475 Railroad residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Railroad.

475live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Railroad goes to work

Knox13.6 mi away

10%50

North Judson4.6 mi away

9%45

Valparaiso20.5 mi away

6%31

Winamac17.7 mi away

4%19

Plymouth29.8 mi away

3%15

La Porte28.2 mi away

2%12

California11.9 mi away

2%11

Wayne5.5 mi away

2%10

Portage30.3 mi away

2%9

Gary35.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%270

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

How far

How far Railroad commutes

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

15%

34%

29%

23%

15%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Railroad is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Railroad are

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

Jobs based in Railroad

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Railroad residents hold

481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+70%

Jobs based in Railroad, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 56. 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.