Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, IN

Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (14%), Union City (11%) and Ward (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 89 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

89live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

Winchester5.5 mi away

14%13

Union City5.7 mi away

11%10

Ward2.9 mi away

7%6

Marion44.8 mi away

4%4

Richmond28 mi away

4%4

Anderson42.1 mi away

4%4

Wayne5.5 mi away

3%3

Ridgeville7 mi away

2%2

Portland14.3 mi away

2%2

Muncie25.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%40

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

41%

17%

19%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

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

Jobs based in Saratoga

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less83%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+29%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 18. 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.