Work & commute · Warsaw

Work & commute in Warsaw, IN

42% of Warsaw’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Wayne (4%), Goshen (3%) and Elkhart (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

2,987 of 7,073 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,086 Warsaw residents head out of town to work, 2,987 work right here, and 16,500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warsaw.

4,086live here, work elsewhere

2,987live and work here

16,500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warsaw goes to work

Warsaw (in town)right here

42%2,987

Wayne2 mi away

4%260

Goshen22.7 mi away

3%246

Elkhart31.4 mi away

3%243

Fort Wayne38.3 mi away

3%207

Plain4.4 mi away

3%180

South Bend36.9 mi away

2%139

Winona Lake2.7 mi away

2%132

Pierceton8.5 mi away

2%114

Syracuse13.2 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,453

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

How far

How far Warsaw commutes

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

56%

16%

17%

11%

56%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warsaw is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warsaw are

19,487 jobs are based in Warsaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warsaw

19,487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Warsaw residents hold

7,073 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 20,228 → 19,487. 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.