Work & commute · Nottawa

Work & commute in Nottawa, MI

Most working residents leave Nottawa for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sturgis (8%), Three Rivers (7%) and Elkhart (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,443 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,323 Nottawa residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 819 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nottawa.

1,323live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

819work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nottawa goes to work

Sturgis10 mi away

8%121

Nottawa (in town)right here

8%120

Three Rivers7.7 mi away

7%107

Elkhart, IN30 mi away

3%50

Lockport5.3 mi away

3%48

Middlebury, IN21.8 mi away

3%45

York, IN19 mi away

3%40

Mendon6.4 mi away

3%38

Kalamazoo24.1 mi away

2%34

Portage18.9 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%809

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

How far

How far Nottawa commutes

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

32%

28%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nottawa is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nottawa are

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

Jobs based in Nottawa

939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Nottawa residents hold

1,443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+78%

Jobs based in Nottawa, 2011 → 2021: 529 → 939. 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.