Work & commute · Three Oaks

Work & commute in Three Oaks, MI

Most working residents leave Three Oaks for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Three Oaks (9%), New Buffalo (7%) and New Buffalo (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 585 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 544 Three Oaks residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Oaks.

544live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Oaks goes to work

Three Oaks0.3 mi away

9%54

New Buffalo6.6 mi away

7%43

New Buffalo5.5 mi away

7%40

Chikaming3.9 mi away

6%36

Grand Rapids94 mi away

5%27

St. Joseph21.8 mi away

4%22

Bridgman9.7 mi away

3%18

South Bend, IN19.7 mi away

3%16

Weesaw6.6 mi away

2%14

Benton24.5 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%301

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%

31%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Oaks is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Oaks are

435 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

435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Three Oaks residents hold

585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−3%

Jobs based in Three Oaks, 2011 → 2021: 449 → 435. 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.