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Work & commute in Niles, MI

Most working residents leave Niles for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (12%), Niles (10%) and Mishawaka (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
467 of 5,940 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,473 Niles residents head out of town to work, 467 work right here, and 2,350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niles.

5,473live here, work elsewhere
467live and work here
2,350work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Niles goes to work

MishawakaSouth BendElkhartBuchananSt. JosephNilesGrand RapidsClayBuchananOronokoHowardMiltonBerrienBertrandNilesBentonGrangerSouth BendNilesMishawakaElkhartGrand RapidsBuchananOronokoBentonSt. JosephNiles
1
South Bend, IN12.2 mi away
12%733
2
Niles2.2 mi away
10%578
3
Niles (in town)right here
8%467
4
Mishawaka, IN13.6 mi away
7%409
5
Elkhart, IN19.9 mi away
4%236
6
Grand Rapids83 mi away
4%225
7
Buchanan4.6 mi away
3%155
8
Oronoko9 mi away
2%126
9
Benton18.9 mi away
2%117
10
St. Joseph20 mi away
2%106
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%2,788

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

How far

How far Niles commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Niles is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Niles are

2,817 jobs are based in Niles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niles

2,817 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Niles residents hold

5,940 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+36%

Jobs based in Niles, 2011 → 2021: 2,069 → 2,817. 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.

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