Most of San Pierre commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in San Pierre for work; outside it, North Judson is the main destination (15%, 6 miles). There are 11 jobs in San Pierre; 94 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves San Pierre for work, and who comes in
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in San Pierre on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 San Pierre’s working residents head each day
Where San Pierre clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in San Pierre
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Pierre, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 11. 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 San Pierre’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from San Pierre: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Pierre workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from San Pierre
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.
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 San Pierre: questions
What is the poverty rate in San Pierre?
1.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Pierre?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Pierre work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Judson (15%, 6 mi), Knox (10%, 15 mi), Valparaiso (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around San Pierre 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 San Pierre, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Pierre
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.