Households in Long Beach have higher incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Long Beach is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). Below the poverty line: 3.8% of residents, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Long Beach apart on work
Long Beach and Michigan City trade workers both ways
Michigan City is the top workplace for Long Beach residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Long Beach come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Long Beach works from home
33% of Long Beach workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
Long Beach’s workforce skews older
44% of Long Beach’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. 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; with 405 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Long Beach’s grade
Household income is its strongest input ($121,827, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Long Beach’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Long Beach could be anywhere from A− to A.
28% of working residents work in Michigan City
Where Long Beach clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 28 minutes to work from Long Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Beach workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 318 commuters (the 33% 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.
Inside Long Beach’s 314 jobs
314 jobs are based in Long Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 314. 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 Long Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Long Beach on a workday
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Long Beach’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Long Beach
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 477 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Long Beach households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Long Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Long Beach ranks: 197th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Hartford Township OH | 1,476 | $131K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 196 | Eldorado WI | 1,399 | $105K | 3.2% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 197 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| 198 | Earlham IA | 1,396 | $115K | 4.7% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| 199 | Belgrade Township MN | 1,002 | $135K | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Long Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns next door employ 28% of Long Beach
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | – | A | A | 28 min | $121,827 |
| Michigan City | 28% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $53,089 |
| Duneland Beach | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Duneland Beach: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Michigan City. Darker towns draw more of Long Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Long Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Long Beach?
$121,827 (±$18,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Beach?
3.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Beach?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Michigan City (28%, 3 mi), La Porte (6%, 11 mi), Valparaiso (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Long Beach walkable?
Long Beach is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Long Beach without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Beach
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.