Work & commute · Tipton

Work & commute in Tipton, IN

Most working residents leave Tipton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Logansport (26%), Kokomo (10%) and Clinton (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,000 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 974 Tipton residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tipton.

974live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tipton goes to work

Logansport7.2 mi away

26%262

Kokomo17.1 mi away

10%100

Clinton11.9 mi away

9%89

Fort Wayne62.9 mi away

3%31

Washington5.2 mi away

3%31

Lafayette39.1 mi away

2%23

Walton2.7 mi away

2%21

Deer Creek22 mi away

2%21

Peru9.5 mi away

2%20

Wabash22.3 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%390

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

How far

How far Tipton commutes

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

41%

25%

13%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tipton is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tipton are

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

Jobs based in Tipton

363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Tipton residents hold

1,000 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−17%

Jobs based in Tipton, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 363. 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.