Work and commuting in Bippus
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Bippus; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (33%, 27 miles). There are 42 jobs in Bippus; 63 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Bippus: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Bippus on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Commuting out of Bippus: the destinations
Where Bippus clocks in
19% 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.
Bippus works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bippus, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 42. 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 Bippus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bippus
of Bippus workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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.
The commute from Bippus, by distance
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 Bippus: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bippus?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bippus work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (33%, 27 mi), Huntington (19%, 8 mi), Lafayette Township (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bippus 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 Bippus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bippus
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.