Work & commute · Syracuse

Work & commute in Syracuse, IN

Most working residents leave Syracuse for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (13%), Elkhart (9%) and Warsaw (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

208 of 1,506 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,298 Syracuse residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 2,451 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Syracuse.

1,298live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

2,451work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Syracuse goes to work

Syracuse (in town)right here

14%208

Goshen11.3 mi away

13%197

Elkhart21.7 mi away

9%139

Warsaw13.2 mi away

8%120

Turkey Creek3 mi away

5%68

Fort Wayne39.1 mi away

3%45

Jackson5.7 mi away

3%44

Nappanee12.9 mi away

3%38

New Paris6.8 mi away

2%32

South Bend32.1 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%586

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

How far

How far Syracuse commutes

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

38%

42%

12%

38%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Syracuse is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Syracuse are

2,659 jobs are based in Syracuse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Syracuse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Syracuse

2,659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Syracuse residents hold

1,506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+17%

Jobs based in Syracuse, 2013 → 2023: 2,278 → 2,659. 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.