Work & commute · Woodburn

Work & commute in Woodburn, IN

Most working residents leave Woodburn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (34%), New Haven (9%) and Milan (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 587 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 569 Woodburn residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodburn.

569live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodburn goes to work

Fort Wayne15.5 mi away

34%198

New Haven9.6 mi away

9%53

Milan5.2 mi away

8%49

Woodburn (in town)right here

3%18

Cedar Creek10.9 mi away

2%14

Center115.4 mi away

2%11

Maumee1.3 mi away

2%9

Wilmington19 mi away

2%9

Grabill8.3 mi away

1%8

Jefferson7.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%211

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

How far

How far Woodburn commutes

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

28%

45%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodburn is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodburn are

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

Jobs based in Woodburn

284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Woodburn residents hold

587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+46%

Jobs based in Woodburn, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 284. 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.