Work & commute · Wabash

Work & commute in Wabash, IN

Most working residents leave Wabash for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Terre Haute (28%), Rockville (6%) and Otter Creek (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Wabash residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabash.

252live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wabash goes to work

Terre Haute19.3 mi away

28%74

Rockville6.3 mi away

6%15

Wabash (in town)right here

6%15

Otter Creek12.5 mi away

3%7

Adams7.2 mi away

2%6

Paris, IL20.4 mi away

2%5

West Terre Haute20 mi away

1%4

Clinton6.5 mi away

1%4

Plainfield51.7 mi away

1%4

Evansville121.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%130

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.

24%

43%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wabash is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabash are

266 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

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wabash residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+9%

Jobs based in Wabash, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 266. 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.