Work & commute · Roselawn

Work & commute in Roselawn, IN

Most working residents leave Roselawn for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Crown Point (4%), DeMotte (4%) and Colfax (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,537 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,482 Roselawn residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 420 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roselawn.

1,482live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

420work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roselawn goes to work

Crown Point18 mi away

4%65

DeMotte6.1 mi away

4%62

Roselawn (in town)right here

4%55

Colfax7.8 mi away

4%54

Rensselaer15.7 mi away

3%50

Kentland27.3 mi away

3%44

Merrillville22.2 mi away

3%42

Gary30.5 mi away

3%40

Morocco16.4 mi away

2%37

Lowell11.6 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,051

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

How far

How far Roselawn commutes

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

17%

27%

31%

25%

17%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roselawn is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roselawn are

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

Jobs based in Roselawn

475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Roselawn residents hold

1,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Roselawn, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 475. 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.