Work & commute · Walton

Work & commute in Walton, IN

Most working residents leave Walton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Logansport (26%), Clinton (12%) and Kokomo (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 405 Walton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walton.

405live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walton goes to work

Logansport8.3 mi away

26%106

Clinton11.9 mi away

12%49

Kokomo14.9 mi away

10%39

Washington5.2 mi away

4%16

Fort Wayne64.6 mi away

3%14

Peru11.3 mi away

2%10

Deer Creek20.6 mi away

2%9

Pipe Creek6.3 mi away

2%8

Lafayette37.2 mi away

2%7

Marion31.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%146

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

How far

How far Walton commutes

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

46%

23%

13%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walton are

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

Jobs based in Walton

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Walton residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−11%

Jobs based in Walton, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 322. 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.