Work & commute · Tippecanoe

Work & commute in Tippecanoe, IN

Most working residents leave Tippecanoe for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (23%), Monticello (10%) and Delphi (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,105 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,079 Tippecanoe residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tippecanoe.

1,079live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tippecanoe goes to work

Lafayette16.4 mi away

23%259

Monticello9.4 mi away

10%114

Delphi3.7 mi away

5%57

West Lafayette15.6 mi away

5%50

Union9.6 mi away

3%36

Deer Creek5.8 mi away

3%33

Center65.6 mi away

3%28

Tippecanoe (in town)right here

2%23

Frankfort25.1 mi away

2%18

Logansport21.6 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%471

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.

20%

48%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tippecanoe is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tippecanoe are

150 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

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Tippecanoe residents hold

1,105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−6%

Jobs based in Tippecanoe, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 150. 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.