Work & commute · St. Joseph

Work & commute in St. Joseph, IN

Most working residents leave St. Joseph for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (62%), New Haven (4%) and Aboite (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,770 of 34,693 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 30,923 St. Joseph residents head out of town to work, 3,770 work right here, and 15,364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Joseph.

30,923live here, work elsewhere

3,770live and work here

15,364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Joseph goes to work

Fort Wayne5.6 mi away

62%21,379

New Haven5.4 mi away

4%1,283

Aboite13.2 mi away

2%529

Lafayette16.9 mi away

1%501

Center110 mi away

1%332

Auburn15.8 mi away

1%331

Union17.5 mi away

1%302

Perry7.1 mi away

1%298

Milan5.7 mi away

1%271

Washington104.2 mi away

1%232

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%9,235

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

How far

How far St. Joseph commutes

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

66%

14%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Joseph is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Joseph are

19,134 jobs are based in St. Joseph. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Joseph’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Joseph

19,134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs St. Joseph residents hold

34,693 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in St. Joseph, 2013 → 2023: 17,489 → 19,134. 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.