Work & commute · Simonton Lake

Work & commute in Simonton Lake, IN

Most working residents leave Simonton Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (41%), Mishawaka (7%) and South Bend (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 2,227 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,212 Simonton Lake residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simonton Lake.

2,212live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simonton Lake goes to work

Elkhart4.3 mi away

41%924

Mishawaka11.4 mi away

7%160

South Bend16.3 mi away

7%146

Goshen14.4 mi away

6%125

Cleveland3.8 mi away

4%82

Bristol7.8 mi away

4%81

Middlebury14.7 mi away

2%45

Osolo2.3 mi away

2%42

Baugo8.3 mi away

2%36

Washington7.4 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%560

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

How far

How far Simonton Lake commutes

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

60%

27%

10%

60%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simonton Lake is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Simonton Lake are

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

Jobs based in Simonton Lake

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Simonton Lake residents hold

2,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+32%

Jobs based in Simonton Lake, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 299. 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.