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Jobs & commute in Chili

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Chili works elsewhere

Chili has 2 jobs, against 67 working residents. Hardly any stay in Chili for work; outside it, Peru is the main destination (10%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.

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

2 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 67 working residents
Work from home
0%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Chili by day and by night

On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

67live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night48
Workday0
48live here− 67head out to work+ 2come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Chili on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Commuting out of Chili: the destinations

SpicelandRochester: 4 residents work here (6%)Peru: 7 residents work here (10%)Wabash: 5 residents work here (7%)Warsaw: 4 residents work here (6%)Marion: 2 residents work here (3%)Kokomo: 4 residents work here (6%)Lafayette: 2 residents work here (3%)Fort Wayne: 4 residents work here (6%)Jefferson Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Richland Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Union TownshipChiliPeruWabashRochesterWarsawKokomoFort WayneChili
1
Peru7.5 mi away
10%7
2
Wabash11.2 mi away
7%5
3
Rochester16.3 mi away
6%4
4
Warsaw28.1 mi away
6%4
5
Kokomo27.9 mi away
6%4
6
Fort Wayne48.8 mi away
6%4
7
Jefferson Township4.5 mi away
4%3
8
Richland Township0.9 mi away
4%3
9
Marion29 mi away
3%2
10
Lafayette54.2 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%29
The top trips

Where Chili clocks in

10%Peru
10% of workers
7.5 mi awayPeru7 Chili residents work here · Jobs & commute →
7% of workers
11.2 mi awayWabash5 Chili residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6%Rochester
6% of workers
16.3 mi awayRochester4 Chili 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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Chili

Jobs based in ChiliJobs Chili residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices100%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%27%
Over $3,333 a month100%54%

Who does it

29 or younger0%24%
30 to 54100%46%
55 and older0%30%

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 Chili’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Chili

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 35 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

Chili’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miPeru: 10% · 7.5 miWabash: 7% · 11.2 miRochester: 6% · 16.3 miWarsaw: 6% · 28.1 miKokomo: 6% · 27.9 miFort Wayne: 6% · 48.8 miJefferson Township: 4% · 4.5 miRichland Township: 4% · 0.9 miMarion: 3% · 29 miLafayette: 3% · 54.2 miPeru 10%Wabash 7%Rochester 6%Warsaw 6%Kokomo 6%Chili
ChiliTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi21 residents
19%10–24 mi13 residents
22%25–50 mi15 residents
27%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 27% 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.

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 Chili: questions

What is the poverty rate in Chili?

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

Where do people who live in Chili work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (10%, 8 mi), Wabash (7%, 11 mi), Rochester (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Chili 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 Chili, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Chili

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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.