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Work & commute · Three Oaks

Work & commute in Three Oaks, MI

Most working residents leave Three Oaks for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New Buffalo (7%), New Buffalo (7%) and Chikaming (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
99 of 994 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 895 Three Oaks residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Oaks.

895live here, work elsewhere
99live and work here
394work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Three Oaks goes to work

Michigan CitySouth BendNew BuffaloSt. JosephNilesGrand RapidsGalenaSpringfieldThree OaksLincolnChikamingNew BuffaloNilesWeesawBentonGalienLakeNew BuffaloNew BuffaloChikamingGrand RapidsSouth BendSt. JosephBentonLakeMichigan CityThree Oaks
1
Three Oaks (in town)right here
10%99
2
New Buffalo5.2 mi away
7%71
3
New Buffalo6.4 mi away
7%70
4
Chikaming4.1 mi away
6%62
5
Grand Rapids94.4 mi away
4%40
6
South Bend, IN19.8 mi away
4%38
7
St. Joseph22.1 mi away
3%33
8
Benton24.9 mi away
3%25
9
Lake9.5 mi away
2%23
10
Michigan City, IN14.1 mi away
2%22
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%511

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

How far

How far Three Oaks commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Three Oaks is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Oaks are

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

Jobs based in Three Oaks

493 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities50%
Services (health, schools, offices…)28%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Three Oaks residents hold

994 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−1%

Jobs based in Three Oaks, 2011 → 2021: 498 → 493. 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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