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Work & commute · Porter

Work & commute in Porter, MI

Most working residents leave Porter for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (24%), Bristol (4%) and Goshen (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
100 of 1,716 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,616 Porter residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Porter.

1,616live here, work elsewhere
100live and work here
222work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Porter goes to work

MiddleburyBristolGoshenMishawakaSouth BendElkhartDowagiacThree RiversWashingtonPennYorkCalvinMottvilleMasonMarcellusConstantineNewbergOntwaPorterElkhartBristolGoshenMishawakaSouth BendMiddleburyYorkThree RiversConstantinePorter
1
Elkhart, IN11.4 mi away
24%404
2
Porter (in town)right here
6%100
3
Bristol, IN7.6 mi away
4%68
4
Goshen, IN17.1 mi away
3%59
5
Mishawaka, IN20.1 mi away
3%53
6
South Bend, IN24.9 mi away
3%53
7
Middlebury, IN12.1 mi away
3%49
8
York, IN8.4 mi away
3%47
9
Three Rivers13.3 mi away
3%45
10
Constantine6.8 mi away
2%28
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%810

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

How far

How far Porter commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Porter is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Porter are

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

Jobs based in Porter

322 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Porter residents hold

1,716 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)42%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−2%

Jobs based in Porter, 2011 → 2021: 330 → 322. 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.

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