Work & commute · Pokagon

Work & commute in Pokagon, MI

Most working residents leave Pokagon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dowagiac (8%), South Bend (8%) and Niles (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 852 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 830 Pokagon residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pokagon.

830live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pokagon goes to work

Dowagiac4.2 mi away

8%70

South Bend, IN18.8 mi away

8%64

Niles8.3 mi away

6%52

Elkhart, IN20.1 mi away

5%41

LaGrange6.5 mi away

5%40

Mishawaka, IN18.1 mi away

4%37

Niles8.3 mi away

4%30

Ontwa11.7 mi away

3%22

Pokagon (in town)right here

3%22

Silver Creek6.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%456

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

How far

How far Pokagon commutes

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

31%

37%

10%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pokagon is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pokagon are

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

Jobs based in Pokagon

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Pokagon residents hold

852 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+185%

Jobs based in Pokagon, 2011 → 2021: 171 → 487. 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.