Work & commute · Berrien Springs

Work & commute in Berrien Springs, MI

Most working residents leave Berrien Springs for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oronoko (23%), Grand Rapids (5%) and St. Joseph (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 690 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 640 Berrien Springs residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berrien Springs.

640live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berrien Springs goes to work

Oronoko3.4 mi away

23%157

Grand Rapids78.3 mi away

5%33

St. Joseph13 mi away

4%30

Benton11.9 mi away

4%27

South Bend, IN19.1 mi away

4%25

Royalton6.7 mi away

3%20

St. Joseph11 mi away

3%19

Buchanan8.3 mi away

3%18

Mishawaka, IN20.8 mi away

2%16

Lake10.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%330

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Berrien Springs commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

31%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berrien Springs is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Berrien Springs are

1,313 jobs are based in Berrien Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berrien Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berrien Springs

1,313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Berrien Springs residents hold

690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+6%

Jobs based in Berrien Springs, 2011 → 2021: 1,239 → 1,313. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.