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Work & commute · Wheatfield

Work & commute in Wheatfield, IN

Most working residents leave Wheatfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Valparaiso (7%), DeMotte (6%) and Crown Point (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
151 of 2,122 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,971 Wheatfield residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatfield.

1,971live here, work elsewhere
151live and work here
668work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wheatfield goes to work

WheatfieldDeMotteRensselaerValparaisoPortageHammondCrown PointLafayetteMerrillvilleGaryWalkerUnionPleasantKeenerWheatfieldKankakeeRoselawnValparaisoDeMotteCrown PointGaryRensselaerPortageLafayetteMerrillvilleHammondWheatfield
1
Valparaiso17.2 mi away
7%146
2
DeMotte5 mi away
6%137
3
Wheatfield (in town)right here
6%131
4
Crown Point17.2 mi away
4%89
5
Gary27.5 mi away
4%77
6
Rensselaer19.7 mi away
3%72
7
Portage24.7 mi away
3%56
8
Lafayette59.1 mi away
3%56
9
Merrillville19.7 mi away
3%56
10
Hammond33.2 mi away
2%53
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%1,249

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

How far

How far Wheatfield commutes

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

18%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatfield is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatfield are

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

Jobs based in Wheatfield

819 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Wheatfield residents hold

2,122 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+37%

Jobs based in Wheatfield, 2013 → 2023: 598 → 819. 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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