About half of Arcola’s working residents commute to Fort Wayne
Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Arcola itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (48%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Arcola: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Arcola on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Arcola’s working residents head each day
Where Arcola clocks in
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Arcola
8 jobs are based in Arcola.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arcola, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Arcola: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arcola workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arcola
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arcola: questions
What is the median household income in Arcola?
$71,528 (±$58,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arcola?
6.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arcola?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arcola work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Arcola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arcola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arcola
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.