Work & commute · LaGrange

Work & commute in LaGrange, MI

Most working residents leave LaGrange for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (9%), Dowagiac (6%) and South Bend (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 1,323 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,198 LaGrange residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 1,274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaGrange.

1,198live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

1,274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaGrange goes to work

LaGrange (in town)right here

9%125

Elkhart, IN17 mi away

9%118

Dowagiac5.1 mi away

6%85

South Bend, IN21 mi away

5%66

Mishawaka, IN18.6 mi away

4%53

Ontwa9.5 mi away

4%50

Niles12.5 mi away

3%37

Wayne6.7 mi away

2%32

Kalamazoo33.3 mi away

2%23

Penn5.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%713

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

How far

How far LaGrange commutes

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

25%

42%

10%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaGrange is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in LaGrange are

1,399 jobs are based in LaGrange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs LaGrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in LaGrange

1,399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs LaGrange residents hold

1,323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−18%

Jobs based in LaGrange, 2011 → 2021: 1,715 → 1,399. 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.