Most of Wall Lake commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Indiana 11%). Employers in Wall Lake report 12 jobs, against 79 working residents. Hardly any work in Wall Lake; the top destination outside it is Lagrange (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wall Lake quiets down on a workday
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Wall Lake on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Wall Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Wall Lake clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
Most jobs in Wall Lake are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wall Lake, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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 Wall Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes each way for Wall Lake’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wall Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 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.
The distance from Wall Lake to work
About 19% 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 Wall Lake
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wall Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Lake | – | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Millgrove Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $65,893 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wall Lake’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 Wall Lake: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wall Lake?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wall Lake?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wall Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lagrange (14%, 13 mi), Angola (11%, 12 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 144 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wall 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 Wall Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wall Lake
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.