Work & commute · Pipestone

Work & commute in Pipestone, MI

Most working residents leave Pipestone for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (10%), St. Joseph (7%) and Oronoko (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 934 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 874 Pipestone residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pipestone.

874live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pipestone goes to work

Benton8.3 mi away

10%97

St. Joseph11.4 mi away

7%68

Pipestone (in town)right here

6%60

Oronoko8 mi away

5%51

Grand Rapids72.5 mi away

5%45

Lincoln11 mi away

5%43

South Bend, IN23.9 mi away

3%32

Berrien5.8 mi away

3%26

Lake14.7 mi away

2%21

Niles13.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%471

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

How far

How far Pipestone commutes

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

32%

34%

12%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pipestone is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pipestone are

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

Jobs based in Pipestone

276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Pipestone residents hold

934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Pipestone, 2011 → 2021: 319 → 276. 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.