Most of St. Joe commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in St. Joe itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (26%, 20 miles). Employers in St. Joe report 24 jobs for 196 working residents. 1% of workers work from home (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of St. Joe
On a workday 196 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in St. Joe on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The towns that employ St. Joe’s residents
Where St. Joe clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in St. Joe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Joe, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 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 St. Joe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from St. Joe: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Joe workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 1% 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 St. Joe
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around St. Joe
The biggest share goes to Spencer Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Joe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joe | – | — | — | 26 min | $55,000 |
| Concord Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 24 min | $65,192 |
| Spencer Township | 4% | C− | D− | 24 min | $54,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Joe’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 St. Joe: questions
What is the median household income in St. Joe?
$55,000 (±$29,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Joe?
12.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Joe?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Joe work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (26%, 20 mi), Auburn (9%, 9 mi), Butler (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Joe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Joe, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Joe
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.