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Jobs & commute in Wooster

Making a living in Wooster

Wooster has 39 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. Hardly any work in Wooster; the top destination outside it is Warsaw (38%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Household income
$79K
median · Indiana $72K
Poverty
0.0%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 39 working residents
Work from home
0%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Wooster

On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

39live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night70
Workday31
70live here− 39head out to work+ 0come in to work= 31on a workday

About 31 people are in Wooster on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 commute map

The places Wooster commutes to

Leesburg: 1 residents work here (3%)South Whitley: 1 residents work here (3%)North Webster: 2 residents work here (5%)Pierceton: 1 residents work here (3%)Topeka: 1 residents work here (3%)Syracuse: 1 residents work here (3%)Winona Lake: 1 residents work here (3%)Warsaw: 15 residents work here (38%)South Bend: 3 residents work here (8%)Wayne Township: 2 residents work here (5%)WoosterWarsawSouth BendNorth WebsterWayne TownshipLeesburgSouth WhitleyWooster
1
Warsaw6.4 mi away
38%15
2
South Bend42.6 mi away
8%3
3
North Webster8.3 mi away
5%2
4
Wayne Township5.2 mi away
5%2
5
Leesburg10.3 mi away
3%1
6
South Whitley10.3 mi away
3%1
7
Pierceton2.1 mi away
3%1
8
Topeka25 mi away
3%1
9
Syracuse14.9 mi away
3%1
10
Winona Lake4 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%11
The top trips

Where Wooster clocks in

38% of workers
6.4 mi awayWarsaw15 Wooster residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
42.6 mi awaySouth Bend3 Wooster residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
8.3 mi awayNorth Webster2 Wooster residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Wooster

Working from home
0%

of Wooster workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Wooster gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 6 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.

How far

The distance from Wooster to work

10 mi25 mi50 miWarsaw: 38% · 6.4 miSouth Bend: 8% · 42.6 miNorth Webster: 5% · 8.3 miWayne Township: 5% · 5.2 miLeesburg: 3% · 10.3 miSouth Whitley: 3% · 10.3 miPierceton: 3% · 2.1 miTopeka: 3% · 25 miSyracuse: 3% · 14.9 miWinona Lake: 3% · 4 miWarsaw 38%South Bend 8%North Webster 5%Wayne Township 5%Leesburg 3%Wooster
WoosterTop destinations (size = commuters)
59%Under 10 mi23 residents
10%10–24 mi4 residents
21%25–50 mi8 residents
10%Over 50 mi4 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wooster: questions

What is the median household income in Wooster?

$79,250 (±$16,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wooster?

0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Wooster work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (38%, 6 mi), South Bend (8%, 43 mi), North Webster (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wooster 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 Wooster, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Wooster

Wooster home →
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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.