Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hoagland works elsewhere
There are 106 jobs in Hoagland, against 461 working residents. Only 2% work in Hoagland itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (44%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 11% for Indiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hoagland: the figures worth knowing
44% of Hoagland works in Fort Wayne
202 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 12 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Hoagland itself. The commute map ↓
Hoagland is a place people come home to
There are 106 jobs based in Hoagland, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hoagland has about 490 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 461 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Hoagland: the destinations
Where Hoagland clocks in
9% 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.
In and out of Hoagland on a workday
On a workday 454 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Hoagland on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Making and building: 45% of jobs based in Hoagland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoagland, 2014 → 2024: 115 → 106. 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 Hoagland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Hoagland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoagland workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hoagland
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 Hoagland: questions
What is the median household income in Hoagland?
$61,563 (±$37,834) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoagland?
13.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoagland?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoagland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (44%, 12 mi), New Haven (9%, 8 mi), Decatur (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hoagland 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 Hoagland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoagland
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.