Work & commute · Westville

Work & commute in Westville, IN

Most working residents leave Westville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Michigan City (8%), La Porte (8%) and Valparaiso (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,419 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,356 Westville residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 1,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westville.

1,356live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

1,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westville goes to work

Michigan City12 mi away

8%119

La Porte11.1 mi away

8%113

Valparaiso8.6 mi away

8%107

Westville (in town)right here

4%63

South Bend34.2 mi away

4%57

Porter11.1 mi away

3%42

Portage14.6 mi away

3%41

Gary23.2 mi away

2%34

Fort Wayne96.6 mi away

2%33

Chesterton8.9 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%778

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

How far

How far Westville commutes

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

22%

31%

21%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westville are

1,326 jobs are based in Westville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westville

1,326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Westville residents hold

1,419 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+129%

Jobs based in Westville, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 1,326. 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.