Work & commute · Ross

Work & commute in Ross, IN

Most working residents leave Ross for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Merrillville (12%), Chicago (11%) and Gary (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

3,740 of 20,850 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 17,110 Ross residents head out of town to work, 3,740 work right here, and 28,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ross.

17,110live here, work elsewhere

3,740live and work here

28,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ross goes to work

Merrillville0.7 mi away

12%2,547

Chicago, IL31.5 mi away

11%2,228

Gary8 mi away

7%1,553

Crown Point5.2 mi away

7%1,401

Hobart2.9 mi away

6%1,154

Hammond13.8 mi away

5%968

East Chicago13.9 mi away

4%776

Munster11.2 mi away

3%591

Schererville7.1 mi away

3%554

Valparaiso13.2 mi away

2%519

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%8,559

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

How far

How far Ross commutes

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

43%

23%

20%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ross is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ross are

32,197 jobs are based in Ross. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ross’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ross

32,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ross residents hold

20,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Ross, 2013 → 2023: 29,655 → 32,197. 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.