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Jobs & commute in Beaver Dam

How Beaver Dam works: jobs, income and commuting

Hardly any work in Beaver Dam itself; outside it, Warsaw draws the most (20%, 12 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%). No jobs are based in Beaver Dam in the Census job records; 120 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
15.6%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 120 working residents
Work from home
0%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Beaver Dam on a workday afternoon

On a workday 120 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

120live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday23
140live here− 120head out to work+ 0come in to work= 23on a workday

About 23 people are in Beaver Dam on a workday afternoon, 84% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Beaver Dam ends

Silver Lake: 2 residents work here (2%)Winona Lake: 3 residents work here (3%)North Manchester: 9 residents work here (8%)Rochester: 5 residents work here (4%)Warsaw: 24 residents work here (20%)South Bend: 5 residents work here (4%)Fort Wayne: 7 residents work here (6%)Plain Township: 5 residents work here (4%)Wayne Township: 5 residents work here (4%)Lake Township: 9 residents work here (8%)Beaver DamWarsawNorth ManchesterLake TownshipFort WayneRochesterSouth BendBeaver Dam
1
Warsaw12.3 mi away
20%24
2
North Manchester12.1 mi away
8%9
3
Lake Township6.8 mi away
8%9
4
Fort Wayne43.2 mi away
6%7
5
Rochester12 mi away
4%5
6
South Bend43 mi away
4%5
7
Plain Township16.4 mi away
4%5
8
Wayne Township11.1 mi away
4%5
9
Winona Lake11.8 mi away
3%3
10
Silver Lake4.4 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%46
The top trips

Where Beaver Dam clocks in

20% of workers
12.3 mi awayWarsaw24 Beaver Dam residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
12.1 mi awayNorth Manchester9 Beaver Dam residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8%Lake Township
8% of workers
6.8 mi awayLake Township9 Beaver Dam residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Beaver Dam

Working from home
0%

of Beaver Dam workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Beaver Dam gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 65 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How many miles Beaver Dam commutes

10 mi25 mi50 miWarsaw: 20% · 12.3 miNorth Manchester: 8% · 12.1 miLake Township: 8% · 6.8 miFort Wayne: 6% · 43.2 miRochester: 4% · 12 miSouth Bend: 4% · 43 miPlain Township: 4% · 16.4 miWayne Township: 4% · 11.1 miWinona Lake: 3% · 11.8 miSilver Lake: 2% · 4.4 miWarsaw 20%North Manchester 8%Lake Township 8%Rochester 4%Beaver Dam
Beaver DamTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi21 residents
53%10–24 mi63 residents
26%25–50 mi31 residents
4%Over 50 mi5 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Beaver Dam: questions

What is the poverty rate in Beaver Dam?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Beaver Dam work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (20%, 12 mi), North Manchester (8%, 12 mi), Lake Township (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Beaver Dam without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Beaver Dam, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

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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.