Work & commute · Swayzee

Work & commute in Swayzee, IN

Most working residents leave Swayzee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (34%), Gas City (5%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 360 Swayzee residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swayzee.

360live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swayzee goes to work

Marion9.1 mi away

34%123

Gas City12.1 mi away

5%17

Center53.2 mi away

3%10

Elwood16.1 mi away

2%9

Muncie31 mi away

2%9

Huntington30.8 mi away

2%8

Fort Wayne53.7 mi away

2%8

Richland7.1 mi away

2%8

Upland17.3 mi away

2%6

Anderson29.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%159

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

How far

How far Swayzee commutes

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

40%

23%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swayzee is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swayzee are

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

Jobs based in Swayzee

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Swayzee residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+123%

Jobs based in Swayzee, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 194. 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.