Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Kewanna
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. Only 7% work in Kewanna; the top destination outside it is Rochester (15%, 12 miles). At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Kewanna for work, and who comes in
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Kewanna on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Out of Kewanna to work: where people go
Where Kewanna clocks in
10% 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.
Kewanna makes things: 87% of its jobs are in goods
167 jobs are based in Kewanna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kewanna, 2014 → 2024: 252 → 167. 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 Kewanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Kewanna: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kewanna workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 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.
How far Kewanna’s workers travel
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 Kewanna: questions
What is the median household income in Kewanna?
$36,528 (±$23,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kewanna?
25.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kewanna?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kewanna work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (15%, 12 mi), Winamac (10%, 10 mi), Logansport (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kewanna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kewanna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kewanna
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.