Work & commute · Wea

Work & commute in Wea, IN

Most working residents leave Wea for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (54%), West Lafayette (12%) and Center (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,416 of 16,358 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 14,942 Wea residents head out of town to work, 1,416 work right here, and 7,178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wea.

14,942live here, work elsewhere

1,416live and work here

7,178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wea goes to work

Lafayette3.5 mi away

54%8,785

West Lafayette7.2 mi away

12%2,005

Center55.2 mi away

2%339

Frankfort17.9 mi away

2%314

Washington50.3 mi away

1%160

Wea (in town)right here

1%152

Shadeland5.2 mi away

1%146

Pike45.5 mi away

1%142

Carmel46.2 mi away

1%133

Crawfordsville21.4 mi away

1%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,051

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

How far

How far Wea commutes

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

70%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wea is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wea are

8,594 jobs are based in Wea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wea

8,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Wea residents hold

16,358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+33%

Jobs based in Wea, 2013 → 2023: 6,451 → 8,594. 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.