Wawaka has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any stay in Wawaka for work; outside it, Fort Wayne is the main destination (15%, 31 miles). Employers in Wawaka report 3 jobs; 79 of its residents have a job. 40% of workers have no commute at all; Indiana has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Wawaka, and who commutes in
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Wawaka on a workday afternoon, 89% 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 people from Wawaka work
Where Wawaka clocks in
9% 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.
67% of the jobs in Wawaka pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Wawaka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wawaka
of Wawaka workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 commuters (the 40% 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 commute from Wawaka, by distance
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 Wawaka: questions
What is the poverty rate in Wawaka?
35.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wawaka work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (15%, 31 mi), Albion (9%, 6 mi), Ligonier (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wawaka 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 Wawaka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wawaka
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.