Work & commute · Sims

Work & commute in Sims, IN

Most working residents leave Sims for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (34%), Gas City (5%) and Fort Wayne (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 677 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 666 Sims residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sims.

666live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sims goes to work

Marion8.9 mi away

34%227

Gas City12.4 mi away

5%31

Fort Wayne52.9 mi away

3%20

Muncie31.8 mi away

3%19

Elwood17.2 mi away

3%17

Center54.2 mi away

2%15

Kokomo16.3 mi away

2%12

Anderson30.8 mi away

2%11

Richland6 mi away

2%11

Huntington29.9 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%304

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

How far

How far Sims commutes

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

35%

27%

17%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sims is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sims are

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

Jobs based in Sims

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Sims residents hold

677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+98%

Jobs based in Sims, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 293. 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.