Work & commute · Rockcreek

Work & commute in Rockcreek, IN

Most working residents leave Rockcreek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (35%), Bluffton (12%) and Lafayette (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 723 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 703 Rockcreek residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockcreek.

703live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockcreek goes to work

Fort Wayne21.5 mi away

35%253

Bluffton6.2 mi away

12%84

Lafayette11.5 mi away

4%31

Huntington13.7 mi away

4%30

Ossian7.9 mi away

3%22

Markle4.5 mi away

2%18

Marion26.4 mi away

2%12

Rockcreek (in town)right here

1%9

Jefferson8.3 mi away

1%8

Center83.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%248

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

How far

How far Rockcreek commutes

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

22%

47%

17%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockcreek is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockcreek are

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

Jobs based in Rockcreek

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Rockcreek residents hold

723 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−13%

Jobs based in Rockcreek, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 444. 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.