Work & commute · Edwardsburg

Work & commute in Edwardsburg, MI

Most working residents leave Edwardsburg for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (20%), Ontwa (10%) and South Bend (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 612 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 575 Edwardsburg residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwardsburg.

575live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwardsburg goes to work

Elkhart, IN9.5 mi away

20%121

Ontwa1.6 mi away

10%62

South Bend, IN12.6 mi away

8%52

Mishawaka, IN9.2 mi away

7%45

Granger, IN4.8 mi away

3%21

Goshen, IN20.1 mi away

3%20

Niles8.9 mi away

2%13

Baugo, IN11 mi away

2%13

Penn, IN10.5 mi away

2%11

Cleveland, IN5.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%244

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

How far

How far Edwardsburg commutes

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

51%

25%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwardsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwardsburg are

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

Jobs based in Edwardsburg

554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Edwardsburg residents hold

612 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+29%

Jobs based in Edwardsburg, 2011 → 2021: 431 → 554. 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.