DeMotte has lower unemployment (1.8%) than 87% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in DeMotte for work; outside it, Crown Point is the main destination (5%, 16 miles). Jobs and income earn DeMotte B; getting around on foot earns it B+. Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in DeMotte
DeMotte trades workers with the towns around it
DeMotte has about as many jobs (1,695) as working residents (1,849), but they are mostly different people: 1,585 residents leave for work each day while 1,431 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in DeMotte are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in DeMotte pay little
26% of the jobs based in DeMotte pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in DeMotte
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, DeMotte is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #243 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds DeMotte’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, DeMotte could be anywhere from C to A−.
How many people are in DeMotte by day
On a workday 1,585 residents head out to work, 264 work right here, and 1,431 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
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 1,695 jobs based in DeMotte
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeMotte, 2013 → 2023: 1,274 → 1,695. 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 DeMotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of DeMotte: the destinations
Where DeMotte clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
From DeMotte, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeMotte workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,523 commuters (the 8% 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 DeMotte, by distance
About 22% 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.
In DeMotte, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, DeMotte is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #140 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,659 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of DeMotte households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of DeMotte’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,908 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900, DeMotte comes 1,649th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,647 | Brownstown Township IN | 5,851 | $72K | 7.3% | 1.9% | 19% | B |
| 1,648 | Canajoharie NY | 3,649 | $78K | 7.6% | 1.6% | 13% | B |
| 1,649 | DeMotte IN | 4,384 | $70K | 8.4% | 1.8% | 14% | B |
| 1,650 | Palmyra MO | 3,649 | $70K | 5.4% | 3.2% | 19% | B |
| 1,651 | Littlestown PA | 4,895 | $71K | 12.7% | 0.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of DeMotte, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 DeMotte: questions
What is the median household income in DeMotte?
$69,868 (±$21,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeMotte?
8.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeMotte?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeMotte work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crown Point (5%, 16 mi), Valparaiso (5%, 21 mi), Merrillville (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is DeMotte walkable?
DeMotte is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeMotte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeMotte, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeMotte
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.