Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Fish Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 30 jobs in Fish Lake; 384 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Fish Lake; the top destination outside it is La Porte (24%, 9 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fish Lake stands out on work
Fish Lake is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Fish Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fish Lake has about 330 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fish Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical 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; with 384 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Fish Lake by day and by night
On a workday 384 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Fish Lake on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
How long Fish Lake spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fish Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 6% 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 towns that employ Fish Lake’s residents
Where Fish Lake clocks in
24% 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.
Most jobs in Fish Lake are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fish Lake, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 30. 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 Fish Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Fish Lake
About 19% 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.
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 Fish Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Fish Lake?
$80,976 (±$30,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fish Lake?
7.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fish Lake?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fish Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Porte (24%, 9 mi), Michigan City (8%, 19 mi), South Bend (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fish Lake 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 Fish Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fish Lake
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.