Dunlap has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 3% stay in Dunlap for work; outside it, Elkhart is the main destination (30%, 4 miles). Employers in Dunlap report 1,121 jobs for 2,940 working residents. For jobs and income Dunlap is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Dunlap, in brief
Much of Dunlap works one town over
49% of working residents work in a town that borders Dunlap: Elkhart (30%) and Goshen (19%). Next door ↓
Most Dunlap residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Dunlap are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
The four measures behind Dunlap’s grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dunlap’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunlap could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How far Dunlap goes to work
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.
About 18 minutes to work from Dunlap
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunlap workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,539 commuters (the 10% 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.
Who leaves Dunlap for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,849 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 1,030 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Dunlap on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Dunlap goes to work
Where Dunlap clocks in
30% of workers
19% 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.
The kinds of work in Dunlap
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunlap, 2013 → 2023: 1,023 → 1,121. 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 Dunlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Dunlap, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% 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 2,812 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). 3.1% of Dunlap households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dunlap’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dunlap is 1,065th of 3,307 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,063 | Blairstown Township NJ | 5,815 | $124K | 3.9% | 5.2% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Washington Township OH | 6,607 | $89K | 3.9% | 4.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Dunlap IN | 6,109 | $87K | 8.4% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,066 | Westport NC | 5,915 | $132K | 2.6% | 6.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,067 | Quantico Base VA | 5,840 | $73K | 7.0% | 5.3% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,307 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Dunlap, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Dunlap and its neighbors: 49% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Elkhart. Darker towns draw more of Dunlap’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 Dunlap: questions
What is the median household income in Dunlap?
$87,039 (±$11,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunlap?
8.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunlap?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunlap work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhart (30%, 4 mi), Goshen (19%, 6 mi), South Bend (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunlap walkable?
Dunlap is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunlap without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunlap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunlap
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.