Photo: Derek Jensen · Public domainWarsaw has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 16,500 people commute in to work
Warsaw has 19,487 jobs, and 7,073 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Warsaw is better than 45% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (A−). About two in five work in Warsaw; the top destination outside it is Wayne Township (4%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Warsaw
Warsaw is where the jobs are
Warsaw has 19,487 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 29,000 people are in town, 77% more than the 16,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Warsaw are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Warsaw makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Warsaw are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Warsaw residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 43%. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Warsaw
Unemployment holds Warsaw’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warsaw could be anywhere from C to B.
The daily commute in and out of Warsaw
On a workday 4,086 residents head out to work and 2,987 work right here.
About 29,000 people are in Warsaw on a workday afternoon, 77% more 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 trip to work from Warsaw: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warsaw workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,378 commuters (the 10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Warsaw
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 20,228 → 19,487. 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 Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Warsaw
Where Warsaw clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Warsaw
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.
Warsaw is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,173 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Warsaw households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Warsaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Warsaw is 1,509th of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 49 | Whitestown IN | 15,767 | $124K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Brown Township IN | 15,523 | $140K | 2.3% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,507 | Kingsburg CA | 13,249 | $77K | 10.8% | 7.3% | 16% | C+ |
| 1,508 | Bridgeview IL | 16,521 | $67K | 12.8% | 7.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,509 | Warsaw IN | 16,130 | $61K | 17.6% | 2.3% | 42% | C+ |
| 1,510 | Manchester TN | 13,776 | $58K | 14.9% | 2.2% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,511 | Florida Ridge FL | 20,889 | $67K | 11.3% | 3.5% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Warsaw, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Warsaw
The biggest share goes to Winona Lake (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warsaw workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw | – | C+ | A− | 16 min | $61,035 |
| Winona Lake | 2% | B+ | A | 14 min | $82,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warsaw’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 Warsaw: questions
What is the median household income in Warsaw?
$61,035 (±$5,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warsaw?
17.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warsaw?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warsaw work?
42% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wayne Township (4%, 2 mi), Goshen (3%, 23 mi), Elkhart (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warsaw walkable?
Warsaw is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warsaw without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warsaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warsaw
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.