Most of Snow Lake commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 22% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Indiana. 43 jobs are based in Snow Lake, against 266 working residents. Hardly any work in Snow Lake; the top destination outside it is Angola (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Snow Lake apart
Snow Lake is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Snow Lake, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Snow Lake has about 300 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Snow Lake works from home
22% of Snow Lake workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 266 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Snow Lake
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Snow Lake 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snow Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where Snow Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Snow Lake clocks in
24% of workers
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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Snow Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snow Lake, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 43. 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 Snow Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Snow Lake, by distance
About 16% 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 Snow Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Snow Lake?
$76,778 (±$19,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snow Lake?
2.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snow Lake?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snow Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (24%, 6 mi), Fort Wayne (17%, 45 mi), Fremont (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Snow Lake 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 Snow Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snow Lake
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.