Gilmer Park has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. There are 38 jobs in Gilmer Park; 525 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Gilmer Park B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Gilmer Park, in brief
Gilmer Park is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Gilmer Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gilmer Park has about 570 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
38% of Gilmer Park works in South Bend
202 working residents, 38%, have their main job in South Bend, 4.4 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Gilmer Park itself. The commute map ↓
Most Gilmer Park residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 525 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Gilmer Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Gilmer Park is better than 61% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Gilmer Park’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Gilmer Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gilmer Park could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Gilmer Park
On a workday 523 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Gilmer Park on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
38% of working residents work in South Bend
Where Gilmer Park clocks in
38% 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.
The distance from Gilmer Park to work
About 15% 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.
Jobs in Gilmer Park: what the 38 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilmer Park, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 38. 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 Gilmer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Gilmer Park spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilmer Park workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 418 commuters (the 12% 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.
Driving is how Gilmer Park gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gilmer Park is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 474 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). 0.0% of Gilmer Park households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gilmer Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Gilmer Park comes 716th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 714 | Brimfield Township IL | 1,148 | $81K | 8.9% | 7.4% | 1% | B |
| 715 | Maple Hill Township KS | 1,172 | $96K | 7.0% | 3.7% | 2% | B |
| 716 | Gilmer Park IN | 1,055 | $77K | 10.7% | 2.5% | <1% | B |
| 717 | Colebrook CT | 1,388 | $111K | 8.3% | 1.8% | 3% | B |
| 718 | Ten Mile Creek MD | 1,184 | $113K | 46.9% | 27.5% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Gilmer Park, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Gilmer Park and its neighbors: 38% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gilmer Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer Park | – | B | C− | 21 min | $76,818 |
| South Bend | 38% | C | A− | 20 min | $55,786 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to South Bend. Darker towns draw more of Gilmer Park’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 Gilmer Park: questions
What is the median household income in Gilmer Park?
$76,818 (±$11,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilmer Park?
10.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilmer Park?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilmer Park work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (38%, 4 mi), Mishawaka (11%, 6 mi), Elkhart (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gilmer Park walkable?
Gilmer Park is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gilmer Park 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 Gilmer Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilmer Park
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.