With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hanna works elsewhere
Hanna has 16 jobs, and 164 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Hanna for work; outside it, Valparaiso is the main destination (19%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hanna on a workday afternoon
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Hanna on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Hanna commutes to
Where Hanna clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
69% of the jobs in Hanna pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanna, 2014 → 2024: 43 → 16. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Hanna
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanna workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Hanna commutes less than 21 miles
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Hanna: questions
What is the median household income in Hanna?
$39,097 (±$31,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanna?
44.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanna?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanna work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valparaiso (19%, 15 mi), La Porte (8%, 14 mi), Portage (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hanna 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 Hanna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanna
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.