Most of Malden commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
17% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Employers in Malden report 24 jobs, against 68 working residents. Hardly any work in Malden; the top destination outside it is Valparaiso (31%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Malden by day and by night
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Malden on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Malden’s working residents head each day
Where Malden clocks in
31% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Malden: what the 24 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malden, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 24. 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 Malden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Malden
of Malden workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 17% 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 Malden goes to work
About 15% 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.
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 Malden: questions
What is the median household income in Malden?
$95,288 (±$10,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malden?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Malden work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valparaiso (31%, 7 mi), Merrillville (9%, 16 mi), Chicago (7%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Malden 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 Malden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malden
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.