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Jobs & commute in Craigville

A job hub: Craigville has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 94 people come in to work

Only 3% work in Craigville; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (32%, 22 miles). Craigville has 95 jobs; 38 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Craigville by day

On a workday 37 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.

37live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
94work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night65
Workday120
65live here− 37head out to work+ 94come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Craigville on a workday afternoon, 88% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.50jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Who travels to work in Craigville, and from where

Vera Cruz: 2 workers live here (2%)Ossian: 2 workers live here (2%)BerneDecaturAngolaNew CastleBluffton: 22 workers live here (23%)HuntingtonWhitestownFort Wayne: 2 workers live here (2%)Blue Creek Township: 3 workers live here (3%)Harrison Township: 8 workers live here (8%)Lancaster Township: 9 workers live here (9%)Monroe Township: 7 workers live here (7%)Washington Township: 2 workers live here (2%)Rockcreek Township: 2 workers live here (2%)CraigvilleBlufftonLancaster TownshipHarrison TownshipMonroe TownshipBlue Creek TownshipVera CruzCraigville
1
Bluffton4.8 mi away
23%22
29%9
38%8
4
Monroe Township9.4 mi away
7%7
53%3
6
Vera Cruz5.3 mi away
2%2
7
Ossian8 mi away
2%2
8
Fort Wayne21.7 mi away
2%2
92%2
102%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%36
The top trips

Where Craigville clocks in

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

In Craigville, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in CraigvilleJobs Craigville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms42%29%
Trade, transport & utilities20%32%
Services: health, schools, offices38%39%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%34%
Over $3,333 a month74%47%

Who does it

29 or younger26%18%
30 to 5444%53%
55 and older29%29%
+86%

Jobs based in Craigville, 2014 → 2024: 51 → 95. 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 Craigville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Craigville

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 34 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

Craigville’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFort Wayne: 32% · 21.7 miBluffton: 13% · 4.8 miBerne: 8% · 10.9 miOssian: 5% · 8 miHarrison Township: 5% · 6.4 miDecatur: 3% · 9.3 miAngola: 3% · 60.3 miNew Castle: 3% · 61 miHuntington: 3% · 22.8 miWhitestown: 3% · 87.4 miFort Wayne 32%Bluffton 13%Berne 8%Ossian 5%Harrison Township 5%Craigville
CraigvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi12 residents
47%10–24 mi18 residents
8%25–50 mi3 residents
13%Over 50 mi5 residents

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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Craigville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Craigville?

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

Where do people who live in Craigville work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (32%, 22 mi), Bluffton (13%, 5 mi), Berne (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Craigville

Craigville home →

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.