Work & commute · Ontwa

Work & commute in Ontwa, MI

Most working residents leave Ontwa for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (22%), Mishawaka (8%) and South Bend (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

307 of 3,263 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,956 Ontwa residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 1,524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontwa.

2,956live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

1,524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontwa goes to work

Elkhart, IN8.4 mi away

22%722

Ontwa (in town)right here

9%307

Mishawaka, IN9.9 mi away

8%263

South Bend, IN13.7 mi away

8%247

Goshen, IN19 mi away

3%93

Granger, IN5.7 mi away

3%87

Penn, IN10.9 mi away

2%53

Bristol, IN12.7 mi away

1%45

Notre Dame, IN11.5 mi away

1%45

Niles12.6 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,358

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

How far

How far Ontwa commutes

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

47%

28%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontwa is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontwa are

1,831 jobs are based in Ontwa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ontwa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ontwa

1,831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ontwa residents hold

3,263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+80%

Jobs based in Ontwa, 2011 → 2021: 1,019 → 1,831. 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.