Hoffman Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
For 20% of workers, the job is at home; Indiana has 11%. Hoffman Lake has 3 jobs; 187 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Hoffman Lake itself; outside it, Warsaw draws the most (27%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Hoffman Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Hoffman Lake on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Where people from Hoffman Lake work
Where Hoffman Lake clocks in
27% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
67% of the jobs in Hoffman Lake pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoffman Lake, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 3. 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 Hoffman Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hoffman Lake, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoffman Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 190 commuters (the 19% 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 commute from Hoffman Lake, by distance
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 Hoffman Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Hoffman Lake?
$84,276 (±$69,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoffman Lake?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoffman Lake?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoffman Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (27%, 8 mi), Goshen (8%, 22 mi), Nappanee (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hoffman 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 Hoffman Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoffman 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.