Work & commute · Wolcottville

Work & commute in Wolcottville, IN

Most working residents leave Wolcottville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (12%), Kendallville (10%) and Goshen (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 426 Wolcottville residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolcottville.

426live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolcottville goes to work

Fort Wayne32.4 mi away

12%54

Kendallville8 mi away

10%44

Goshen24.2 mi away

5%21

Elkhart32.9 mi away

4%19

Auburn19.4 mi away

4%17

Lagrange8.9 mi away

4%16

Middlebury20.3 mi away

3%14

Rome City2.5 mi away

3%12

Topeka9.4 mi away

2%8

Avilla13.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%220

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

How far

How far Wolcottville commutes

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

30%

32%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolcottville is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolcottville are

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

Jobs based in Wolcottville

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wolcottville residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+36%

Jobs based in Wolcottville, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 202. 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.