Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Boone Grove commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
11 jobs are based in Boone Grove, and 58 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Boone Grove; the top destination outside it is Valparaiso (22%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Boone Grove, and who commutes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Boone Grove on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Boone Grove’s residents
Where Boone Grove clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
82% of the jobs in Boone Grove pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boone Grove, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 11. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boone Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Boone Grove
of Boone Grove workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 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.
Boone Grove’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Boone Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Boone Grove?
$72,143 (±$53,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boone Grove?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Boone Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valparaiso (22%, 10 mi), Merrillville (9%, 12 mi), La Porte (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Boone Grove 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 Boone Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boone Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.