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Work & commute · Tri-Lakes

Work & commute in Tri-Lakes, IN

Most working residents leave Tri-Lakes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (28%), Columbia City (11%) and Warsaw (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 580 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 569 Tri-Lakes residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tri-Lakes.

569live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
141work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tri-Lakes goes to work

ChurubuscoAlbionColumbia CityBlufftonWarsawLafayetteFort WayneDowagiacLafayetteGreenNobleUnionEtna-TroyThorncreekSmithColumbiaTri-LakesFort WayneColumbia CityWarsawUnionThorncreekChurubuscoLafayetteColumbiaAlbionTri-Lakes
1
Fort Wayne19.7 mi away
28%162
2
Columbia City6.2 mi away
11%63
3
Warsaw20.5 mi away
7%42
4
Union8.7 mi away
7%39
5
Thorncreek2.6 mi away
2%11
6
Tri-Lakes (in town)right here
2%11
7
Churubusco7.1 mi away
2%10
8
Lafayette22.2 mi away
2%9
9
Columbia8.3 mi away
2%9
10
Albion10.2 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%216

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

How far

How far Tri-Lakes commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
54%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tri-Lakes is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tri-Lakes are

152 jobs are based in Tri-Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tri-Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tri-Lakes

152 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Tri-Lakes residents hold

580 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%
−19%

Jobs based in Tri-Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 152. 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.

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