Photo: Jcraven618 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lake Santee commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Lake Santee has 55 jobs, and 407 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Lake Santee for work; outside it, Greensburg is the main destination (29%, 11 miles). The average commute takes 33 minutes each way; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Santee at work: what stands out
Lake Santee is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Lake Santee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Santee has about 470 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Santee and Greensburg trade workers both ways
Greensburg is the top workplace for Lake Santee residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Santee come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lake Santee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 407 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lake Santee on a workday afternoon
On a workday 407 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Lake Santee on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The towns that employ Lake Santee’s residents
Where Lake Santee 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Santee workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 10% 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.
76% of the jobs in Lake Santee pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Santee, 2014 → 2024: 42 → 55. 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 Lake Santee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Lake Santee commutes
About 20% 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 Lake Santee: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Santee?
$158,140 (±$70,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Santee?
4.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Santee?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Santee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensburg (29%, 11 mi), Batesville (8%, 9 mi), Washington Township (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake Santee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Santee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Santee
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.