Work & commute · Tippecanoe

Work & commute in Tippecanoe, IN

Most working residents leave Tippecanoe for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (20%), Goshen (7%) and Syracuse (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 3,011 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,741 Tippecanoe residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 922 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tippecanoe.

2,741live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

922work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tippecanoe goes to work

Warsaw8.3 mi away

20%615

Goshen19.9 mi away

7%209

Syracuse8.6 mi away

7%207

Tippecanoe (in town)right here

5%148

Elkhart30.1 mi away

5%142

Turkey Creek5.8 mi away

3%105

North Webster1.6 mi away

3%95

Fort Wayne32.8 mi away

3%95

Pierceton7.5 mi away

2%56

South Bend39 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,284

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

How far

How far Tippecanoe commutes

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

43%

27%

19%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tippecanoe is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tippecanoe are

1,192 jobs are based in Tippecanoe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tippecanoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tippecanoe

1,192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Tippecanoe residents hold

3,011 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+21%

Jobs based in Tippecanoe, 2013 → 2023: 982 → 1,192. 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.