Work & commute · Galien

Work & commute in Galien, MI

Most working residents leave Galien for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (6%), Three Oaks (6%) and South Bend (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 210 Galien residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galien.

210live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galien goes to work

Grand Rapids91 mi away

6%13

Three Oaks6.1 mi away

6%12

South Bend, IN14.7 mi away

5%11

Michigan City, IN20 mi away

4%9

St. Joseph20.6 mi away

4%9

Buchanan7.1 mi away

4%8

Galien1.1 mi away

4%8

St. Joseph18.5 mi away

3%7

New Buffalo11.4 mi away

3%7

Mishawaka, IN19.3 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%123

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

How far

How far Galien commutes

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

22%

46%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galien is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galien are

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

Jobs based in Galien

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Galien residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−24%

Jobs based in Galien, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 52. 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.