Work & commute · Steuben

Work & commute in Steuben, IN

Most working residents leave Steuben for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Angola (19%), Fort Wayne (14%) and Hamilton (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,271 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 1,235 Steuben residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steuben.

1,235live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steuben goes to work

Angola5.8 mi away

19%236

Fort Wayne33.4 mi away

14%182

Hamilton5.8 mi away

5%65

Ashley3.4 mi away

5%64

Auburn13.6 mi away

4%49

Fremont12.2 mi away

3%41

Elkhart49.1 mi away

3%41

Butler12.4 mi away

3%35

Hudson3.7 mi away

2%23

Kendallville14.6 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%512

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

How far

How far Steuben commutes

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

37%

25%

24%

13%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steuben is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steuben are

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

Jobs based in Steuben

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Steuben residents hold

1,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+86%

Jobs based in Steuben, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 310. 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.