Work & commute · Warren

Work & commute in Warren, IN

Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (36%), Mishawaka (11%) and Elkhart (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 3,514 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,427 Warren residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warren.

3,427live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warren goes to work

South Bend5.9 mi away

36%1,277

Mishawaka11.2 mi away

11%392

Elkhart21.7 mi away

6%195

Notre Dame7.5 mi away

3%109

Warren (in town)right here

2%76

Penn13.1 mi away

2%68

Clay8.8 mi away

2%64

Granger13.3 mi away

2%63

Goshen29.5 mi away

1%52

German4.8 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,166

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

How far

How far Warren commutes

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

54%

25%

14%

54%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warren is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warren are

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

Jobs based in Warren

846 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Warren residents hold

3,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+11%

Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 761 → 846. 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.