Work & commute · West Creek

Work & commute in West Creek, IN

Most working residents leave West Creek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Crown Point (9%), Chicago (8%) and Lowell (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

195 of 3,670 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 3,475 West Creek residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Creek.

3,475live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Creek goes to work

Crown Point13.2 mi away

9%315

Chicago, IL41.6 mi away

8%306

Lowell4.6 mi away

8%276

Merrillville17.7 mi away

5%172

West Creek (in town)right here

4%141

Munster20.4 mi away

3%123

Hammond25.4 mi away

3%109

Gary24.6 mi away

3%102

St. John13.1 mi away

2%90

Schererville16.3 mi away

2%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,946

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

How far

How far West Creek commutes

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

22%

45%

20%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Creek 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 West Creek are

1,011 jobs are based in West Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Creek

1,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs West Creek residents hold

3,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+38%

Jobs based in West Creek, 2013 → 2023: 732 → 1,011. 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.