Work & commute · Calvin

Work & commute in Calvin, MI

Most working residents leave Calvin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (16%), Mishawaka (5%) and LaGrange (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 783 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 779 Calvin residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calvin.

779live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calvin goes to work

Elkhart, IN11.5 mi away

16%127

Mishawaka, IN17.6 mi away

5%42

LaGrange8.1 mi away

4%32

Penn5.2 mi away

4%32

South Bend, IN21.7 mi away

4%31

Dowagiac13.2 mi away

4%31

Bristol, IN11 mi away

3%23

Goshen, IN20.1 mi away

2%17

Ontwa8 mi away

2%15

Grand Rapids77.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%422

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

How far

How far Calvin commutes

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

17%

49%

10%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calvin is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calvin are

25 jobs are based in Calvin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calvin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calvin

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Calvin residents hold

783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−39%

Jobs based in Calvin, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 25. 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.