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Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, IN

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Knox (11%), North Judson (7%) and Valparaiso (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
172 of 1,951 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,779 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

1,779live here, work elsewhere
172live and work here
373work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Wayne goes to work

North JudsonWinamacKnoxPlymouthValparaisoLa PortePortageMerrillvilleGaryRailroadWashingtonWayneCaliforniaRich GroveCenterJacksonSan PierreBass LakeKnoxNorth JudsonValparaisoPlymouthWinamacMerrillvilleLa PorteGaryPortageWayne
1
Knox8.8 mi away
11%217
2
North Judson0.9 mi away
7%130
3
Valparaiso23.7 mi away
6%110
4
Plymouth24.6 mi away
4%74
5
Winamac13.9 mi away
3%66
6
Merrillville34 mi away
3%50
7
La Porte27.4 mi away
2%48
8
Gary40 mi away
2%48
9
Portage33.7 mi away
2%46
10
Wayne (in town)right here
2%42
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%1,120

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.

23%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
33%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

545 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

545 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

1,951 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−16%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 652 → 545. 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.

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