Photo: Al Hart · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Wingate works elsewhere
2% of workers have no commute at all; Indiana has 11%. Employers in Wingate report 45 jobs, against 97 working residents. Hardly any stay in Wingate for work; outside it, Lafayette is the main destination (16%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Wingate by day
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Wingate on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 places Wingate commutes to
Where Wingate clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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 Wingate pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wingate, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 45. 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 Wingate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Wingate
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wingate workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 122 commuters (the 2% 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 Wingate
About 28% 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.
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 Wingate: questions
What is the median household income in Wingate?
$64,375 (±$21,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wingate?
13.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wingate?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wingate work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (16%, 19 mi), Crawfordsville (15%, 13 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wingate without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wingate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wingate
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.