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Jobs & commute in Wyatt

Wyatt at work: jobs, income and the commute

Wyatt has 87 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Indiana has 11%. Hardly any stay in Wyatt for work; outside it, Mishawaka is the main destination (17%, 10 miles).

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

Day and night

How many people are in Wyatt by day

On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

87live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night80
Workday0
80live here− 87head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Wyatt on a workday afternoon, 100% 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

Where Wyatt’s working residents head each day

Wakarusa: 7 residents work here (8%)Bremen: 2 residents work here (2%)Nappanee: 3 residents work here (3%)Goshen: 5 residents work here (6%)Mishawaka: 15 residents work here (17%)South Bend: 13 residents work here (15%)Elkhart: 6 residents work here (7%)Madison Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Penn Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Indianapolis: 3 residents work here (3%)WyattMishawakaSouth BendWakarusaElkhartGoshenMadison TownshipWyatt
1
Mishawaka10.2 mi away
17%15
2
South Bend11.5 mi away
15%13
3
Wakarusa7.9 mi away
8%7
4
Elkhart15.5 mi away
7%6
5
Goshen17.7 mi away
6%5
65%4
7
Penn Township8.4 mi away
5%4
8
Nappanee10.5 mi away
3%3
9
Indianapolis120.9 mi away
3%3
10
Bremen5.6 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%25
The top trips

Where Wyatt clocks in

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 Wyatt

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 27 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

How far Wyatt goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMishawaka: 17% · 10.2 miSouth Bend: 15% · 11.5 miWakarusa: 8% · 7.9 miElkhart: 7% · 15.5 miGoshen: 6% · 17.7 miMadison Township: 5% · 2 miPenn Township: 5% · 8.4 miNappanee: 3% · 10.5 miIndianapolis: 3% · 120.9 miBremen: 2% · 5.6 miMishawaka 17%South Bend 15%Wakarusa 8%Elkhart 7%Wyatt
WyattTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi27 residents
51%10–24 mi44 residents
2%25–50 mi2 residents
16%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 16% 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.

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 Wyatt: questions

What is the median household income in Wyatt?

$63,438 (±$31,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wyatt?

38.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Wyatt work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mishawaka (17%, 10 mi), South Bend (15%, 12 mi), Wakarusa (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Wyatt

Wyatt home →

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.