Work & commute · Trail Creek

Work & commute in Trail Creek, IN

Most working residents leave Trail Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Michigan City (31%), La Porte (9%) and Valparaiso (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 916 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 910 Trail Creek residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trail Creek.

910live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trail Creek goes to work

Michigan City1 mi away

31%288

La Porte9.4 mi away

9%86

Valparaiso18.1 mi away

4%40

South Bend30.3 mi away

3%28

New Buffalo, MI9.4 mi away

3%26

Chesterton12.3 mi away

2%21

Portage18.3 mi away

2%20

Coolspring3.7 mi away

2%16

Porter12.7 mi away

2%15

Mishawaka35.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%363

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

How far

How far Trail Creek commutes

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

49%

19%

14%

49%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trail Creek is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trail Creek are

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

Jobs based in Trail Creek

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Trail Creek residents hold

916 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+24%

Jobs based in Trail Creek, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 189. 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.