Photo: Nyttend · Public domainDune Acres has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Dune Acres; the top destination outside it is Porter (12%, 2 miles). There are 21 jobs in Dune Acres; 100 of its residents have a job. For 27% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Dune Acres for work, and who comes in
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Dune Acres on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Dune Acres to work: where people go
Where Dune Acres clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dune Acres, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 21. 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 Dune Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dune Acres spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dune Acres workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 27% 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 it is to work from Dune Acres
About 16% 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.
Dune Acres and its neighbors: 15% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dune Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dune Acres | – | — | — | 33 min | $163,333 |
| Porter | 12% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $74,542 |
| Burns Harbor | 3% | A− | B | 25 min | $98,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Porter. Darker towns draw more of Dune Acres’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Dune Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Dune Acres?
$163,333 (±$49,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dune Acres?
4.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dune Acres?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dune Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Porter (12%, 2 mi), Valparaiso (11%, 12 mi), Chesterton (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dune Acres without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dune Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dune Acres
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.