Work & commute · Weesaw

Work & commute in Weesaw, MI

Most working residents leave Weesaw for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chikaming (9%), St. Joseph (6%) and Lake (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 772 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 742 Weesaw residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weesaw.

742live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weesaw goes to work

Chikaming5.9 mi away

9%67

St. Joseph17.3 mi away

6%46

Lake5.2 mi away

6%45

Grand Rapids88.2 mi away

5%35

Benton19.1 mi away

4%33

Bridgman6.8 mi away

4%31

New Buffalo11.9 mi away

4%31

Weesaw (in town)right here

4%30

Lincoln11.5 mi away

3%27

South Bend, IN17 mi away

3%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%403

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

How far

How far Weesaw commutes

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

31%

40%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weesaw is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weesaw are

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

Jobs based in Weesaw

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Weesaw residents hold

772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+196%

Jobs based in Weesaw, 2011 → 2021: 81 → 240. 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.