Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLagrange draws 2,086 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Lagrange is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). Lagrange has 2,278 jobs; 1,099 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lagrange and work: the main findings
Lagrange is where the jobs are
Lagrange has 2,278 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,900 people are in town, 43% more than the 2,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Lagrange are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Lagrange makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Lagrange are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lagrange residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 49%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Lagrange’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Lagrange’s grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,492, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lagrange could be anywhere from D to B−.
Lagrange on a workday afternoon
On a workday 907 residents head out to work and 192 work right here.
About 3,900 people are in Lagrange on a workday afternoon, 43% more 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.
Lagrange’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lagrange workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,305 commuters (the 6% 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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Lagrange
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lagrange, 2013 → 2023: 2,188 → 2,278. 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 Lagrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Lagrange: where workers come from
Where Lagrange clocks in
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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lagrange
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.
Getting around Lagrange: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,387 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Lagrange households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lagrange’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lagrange places 3,744th of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Wills Township IN | 2,111 | $113K | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,742 | Long Neck DE | 2,161 | $57K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 7% | C− |
| 3,743 | Midway South TX | 2,308 | $54K | 24.5% | 6.5% | 0% | C− |
| 3,744 | Lagrange IN | 2,769 | $54K | 13.1% | 6.7% | 17% | C− |
| 3,745 | Erath LA | 1,932 | $48K | 17.5% | 4.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,746 | Clay Township IN | 2,882 | $64K | 9.8% | 11.4% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lagrange, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Lagrange: questions
What is the median household income in Lagrange?
$54,492 (±$7,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lagrange?
13.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lagrange?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lagrange work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (5%, 41 mi), Middlebury (5%, 15 mi), Elkhart (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lagrange walkable?
Lagrange is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lagrange without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lagrange, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lagrange
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.