Work & commute · Shadeland

Work & commute in Shadeland, IN

Most working residents leave Shadeland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (38%), West Lafayette (24%) and Wabash (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 889 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 870 Shadeland residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shadeland.

870live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shadeland goes to work

Lafayette6.5 mi away

38%340

West Lafayette7.2 mi away

24%212

Wabash9.2 mi away

3%29

Shadeland (in town)right here

2%19

Center58.7 mi away

2%17

Crawfordsville21.3 mi away

1%10

Fort Wayne108.3 mi away

1%9

Washington54.1 mi away

1%9

Kokomo44.8 mi away

1%7

Muncie83.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%230

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

How far

How far Shadeland commutes

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

67%

20%

67%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shadeland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shadeland are

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

Jobs based in Shadeland

822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Shadeland residents hold

889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Shadeland, 2013 → 2023: 818 → 822. 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.