Work & commute · Wabash

Work & commute in Wabash, IN

Most working residents leave Wabash for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Berne (28%), Decatur (8%) and Fort Wayne (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

320 of 2,145 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,825 Wabash residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 1,128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabash.

1,825live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

1,128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wabash goes to work

Berne3.5 mi away

28%598

Decatur15.1 mi away

8%176

Fort Wayne34.8 mi away

7%146

Bluffton15.6 mi away

5%109

Geneva1.6 mi away

4%88

Portland12.2 mi away

3%60

Monroe6.1 mi away

2%53

Washington12.6 mi away

2%46

Monroe9.3 mi away

2%36

Center85.9 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%804

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

How far

How far Wabash commutes

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

41%

22%

13%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wabash is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabash are

1,448 jobs are based in Wabash. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wabash’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wabash

1,448 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wabash residents hold

2,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+21%

Jobs based in Wabash, 2013 → 2023: 1,193 → 1,448. 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.