Work & commute · Sodus

Work & commute in Sodus, MI

Most working residents leave Sodus for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (17%), St. Joseph (8%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 778 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 739 Sodus residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sodus.

739live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sodus goes to work

Benton5.8 mi away

17%136

St. Joseph7.6 mi away

8%65

Grand Rapids73.9 mi away

5%42

Lincoln7 mi away

5%41

Sodus (in town)right here

5%39

Oronoko6.2 mi away

4%32

Benton Harbor6.8 mi away

3%22

South Bend, IN25.1 mi away

3%20

St. Joseph6.1 mi away

3%20

Royalton3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%344

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

How far

How far Sodus commutes

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

52%

12%

23%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sodus is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sodus are

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

Jobs based in Sodus

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Sodus residents hold

778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−16%

Jobs based in Sodus, 2011 → 2021: 600 → 506. 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.