Work & commute · Oronoko

Work & commute in Oronoko, MI

About one in 4 of Oronoko’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (5%), Benton (5%) and South Bend (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

703 of 3,108 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,405 Oronoko residents head out of town to work, 703 work right here, and 2,204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oronoko.

2,405live here, work elsewhere

703live and work here

2,204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oronoko goes to work

Oronoko (in town)right here

23%703

Grand Rapids80 mi away

5%160

Benton11.7 mi away

5%151

South Bend, IN19.9 mi away

5%141

St. Joseph11.5 mi away

4%132

Lincoln7 mi away

3%86

Royalton5.2 mi away

2%75

Mishawaka, IN22.4 mi away

2%74

St. Joseph9.3 mi away

2%73

Niles11.2 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,456

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

How far

How far Oronoko commutes

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

37%

28%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oronoko is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oronoko are

2,907 jobs are based in Oronoko. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oronoko’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oronoko

2,907 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Oronoko residents hold

3,108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−6%

Jobs based in Oronoko, 2011 → 2021: 3,092 → 2,907. 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.