Work & commute · Roanoke

Work & commute in Roanoke, IN

Most working residents leave Roanoke for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (29%), Huntington (17%) and Lafayette (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 862 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 846 Roanoke residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roanoke.

846live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

405work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roanoke goes to work

Fort Wayne15.1 mi away

29%249

Huntington8.7 mi away

17%145

Lafayette5.4 mi away

5%46

Marion32.2 mi away

2%21

Markle9.5 mi away

2%20

Center91.3 mi away

2%17

Roanoke (in town)right here

2%16

Union11.7 mi away

2%16

Aboite7.7 mi away

2%13

Columbia City14.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%309

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

How far

How far Roanoke commutes

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

35%

40%

11%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roanoke is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roanoke are

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

Jobs based in Roanoke

421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Roanoke residents hold

862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+11%

Jobs based in Roanoke, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 421. 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.