Work & commute · Sweetser

Work & commute in Sweetser, IN

Most working residents leave Sweetser for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (31%), Fort Wayne (4%) and Gas City (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 351 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 345 Sweetser residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sweetser.

345live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sweetser goes to work

Marion5.7 mi away

31%109

Fort Wayne48.4 mi away

4%15

Gas City10.6 mi away

3%10

Muncie32.1 mi away

3%10

Converse5.8 mi away

3%9

Wabash16.5 mi away

2%8

Lafayette37.1 mi away

2%7

Center58.2 mi away

2%7

Pike54.7 mi away

2%7

Sweetser (in town)right here

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%163

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

How far

How far Sweetser commutes

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

41%

15%

17%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sweetser is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sweetser are

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

Jobs based in Sweetser

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sweetser residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Sweetser, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 259. 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.