Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, IN

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Center (17%), Pike (10%) and Plainfield (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

9,173 of 59,929 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 50,756 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 9,173 work right here, and 59,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

50,756live here, work elsewhere

9,173live and work here

59,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Center6.6 mi away

17%10,407

Wayne (in town)right here

13%7,651

Pike7.2 mi away

10%5,830

Plainfield8 mi away

7%4,351

Washington9.6 mi away

6%3,481

Carmel14.7 mi away

3%1,991

Warren13 mi away

3%1,916

Decatur6.5 mi away

3%1,699

Whitestown15 mi away

2%1,477

Perry8.7 mi away

2%1,464

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%19,662

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

61%

27%

61%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

68,680 jobs are based in Wayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayne

68,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

59,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 65,649 → 68,680. 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.