Work & commute · Sturgis

Work & commute in Sturgis, MI

About one in 4 of Sturgis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sturgis (7%), Elkhart (5%) and Middlebury (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,265 of 4,914 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,649 Sturgis residents head out of town to work, 1,265 work right here, and 3,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturgis.

3,649live here, work elsewhere

1,265live and work here

3,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturgis goes to work

Sturgis (in town)right here

26%1,265

Sturgis3.1 mi away

7%331

Elkhart, IN29 mi away

5%245

Middlebury, IN17.4 mi away

3%150

York, IN16.3 mi away

3%143

Lima, IN4.3 mi away

2%101

Goshen, IN26.3 mi away

2%100

Coldwater23.9 mi away

2%87

Portage28.9 mi away

2%77

Three Rivers14.9 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,342

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

How far

How far Sturgis commutes

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

38%

21%

22%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturgis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturgis are

5,260 jobs are based in Sturgis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sturgis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sturgis

5,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sturgis residents hold

4,914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−20%

Jobs based in Sturgis, 2011 → 2021: 6,581 → 5,260. 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.