Work & commute · Chikaming

Work & commute in Chikaming, MI

Most working residents leave Chikaming for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are New Buffalo (6%), Grand Rapids (5%) and St. Joseph (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

166 of 900 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 734 Chikaming residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chikaming.

734live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chikaming goes to work

Chikaming (in town)right here

18%166

New Buffalo7 mi away

6%54

Grand Rapids90.9 mi away

5%41

St. Joseph18.2 mi away

4%34

Lincoln12.5 mi away

4%33

New Buffalo7.7 mi away

3%31

Three Oaks4.1 mi away

3%29

South Bend, IN21.8 mi away

3%24

Benton21.3 mi away

3%24

St. Joseph16.4 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%442

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

How far

How far Chikaming commutes

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

35%

27%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chikaming is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chikaming are

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

Jobs based in Chikaming

794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Chikaming residents hold

900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+60%

Jobs based in Chikaming, 2011 → 2021: 496 → 794. 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.