Work & commute · South Whitley

Work & commute in South Whitley, IN

Most working residents leave South Whitley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (18%), Warsaw (9%) and Columbia City (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 769 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 717 South Whitley residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 486 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Whitley.

717live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

486work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Whitley goes to work

Fort Wayne25.1 mi away

18%136

Warsaw16.2 mi away

9%72

Columbia City9.4 mi away

8%58

South Whitley (in town)right here

7%52

Union12.4 mi away

6%43

Pierceton8.6 mi away

4%27

Huntington15.4 mi away

2%18

North Manchester9.6 mi away

2%17

Cleveland2.2 mi away

2%16

Jefferson11.9 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%315

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

How far

How far South Whitley commutes

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

27%

41%

18%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Whitley is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Whitley are

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

Jobs based in South Whitley

538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs South Whitley residents hold

769 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−28%

Jobs based in South Whitley, 2013 → 2023: 750 → 538. 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.