For more than half of its working residents, Hessen Cassel is a commute to Fort Wayne
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 11% across Indiana. Hardly any work in Hessen Cassel; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (53%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hessen Cassel, and who commutes in
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Hessen Cassel on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Hessen Cassel ends
Where Hessen Cassel clocks in
8% 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 Hessen Cassel
21 jobs are based in Hessen Cassel.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hessen Cassel, 2014 → 2024: 38 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hessen Cassel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hessen Cassel, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hessen Cassel workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hessen Cassel
About 17% 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 Hessen Cassel: questions
What is the median household income in Hessen Cassel?
$75,878 (±$7,193) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hessen Cassel?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hessen Cassel?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hessen Cassel work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Hessen Cassel 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 Hessen Cassel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hessen Cassel
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.