Work & commute · Cassopolis

Work & commute in Cassopolis, MI

Most working residents leave Cassopolis for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are LaGrange (10%), Elkhart (10%) and Dowagiac (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 599 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 549 Cassopolis residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cassopolis.

549live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cassopolis goes to work

LaGrange2.2 mi away

10%62

Elkhart, IN15.4 mi away

10%61

Dowagiac7.3 mi away

6%35

South Bend, IN21.1 mi away

5%27

Mishawaka, IN18.2 mi away

4%24

Ontwa8.6 mi away

3%20

Niles13.5 mi away

2%14

Goshen, IN25.1 mi away

2%12

Kalamazoo33 mi away

2%12

Bristol, IN16.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%322

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

How far

How far Cassopolis commutes

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

24%

43%

11%

22%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cassopolis is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cassopolis are

1,004 jobs are based in Cassopolis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cassopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cassopolis

1,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Cassopolis residents hold

599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+17%

Jobs based in Cassopolis, 2011 → 2021: 861 → 1,004. 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.