Work & commute · Sherman

Work & commute in Sherman, MI

Most working residents leave Sherman for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sturgis (20%), Sturgis (6%) and Elkhart (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,441 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,396 Sherman residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherman.

1,396live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherman goes to work

Sturgis5.3 mi away

20%288

Sturgis5 mi away

6%89

Elkhart, IN27.6 mi away

4%61

Middlebury, IN17.7 mi away

4%52

Nottawa5.2 mi away

3%48

Sherman (in town)right here

3%45

Three Rivers9.8 mi away

3%39

York, IN15.5 mi away

3%38

Coldwater25.3 mi away

2%36

Portage23.9 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%718

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

How far

How far Sherman commutes

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

40%

22%

19%

40%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherman is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherman are

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

Jobs based in Sherman

474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sherman residents hold

1,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+234%

Jobs based in Sherman, 2011 → 2021: 142 → 474. 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.