Mexico has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Mexico itself; outside it, Peru draws the most (19%, 4 miles). Mexico has 88 jobs, against 361 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mexico: the figures worth knowing
Mexico and Peru trade workers both ways
Peru is the top workplace for Mexico residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Mexico come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mexico is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Mexico, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mexico has about 630 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mexico are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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 361 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Mexico to work: where people go
Where Mexico clocks in
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.
How many people are in Mexico by day
On a workday 358 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Mexico on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
How long Mexico spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mexico workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 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.
34% of the jobs in Mexico make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mexico, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 88. 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 Mexico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mexico goes to work
About 24% 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 Mexico: questions
What is the median household income in Mexico?
$87,635 (±$16,936) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mexico?
2.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mexico?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mexico work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peru (19%, 4 mi), Kokomo (9%, 24 mi), Logansport (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mexico 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 Mexico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mexico
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.