Work & commute · Walkerton

Work & commute in Walkerton, IN

About one in 5 of Walkerton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are South Bend (18%), Plymouth (7%) and Mishawaka (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

183 of 845 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 662 Walkerton residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 1,133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walkerton.

662live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

1,133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walkerton goes to work

Walkerton (in town)right here

22%183

South Bend18.3 mi away

18%154

Plymouth11.7 mi away

7%55

Mishawaka21.9 mi away

4%36

Elkhart31.1 mi away

4%33

Bremen17.2 mi away

3%29

North Liberty5.4 mi away

2%20

Goshen34.6 mi away

2%15

Nappanee25.2 mi away

1%12

Polk4.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%296

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

How far

How far Walkerton commutes

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

29%

41%

16%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walkerton is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Walkerton are

1,316 jobs are based in Walkerton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walkerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walkerton

1,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Walkerton residents hold

845 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Walkerton, 2013 → 2023: 1,178 → 1,316. 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.