Work & commute · White Pigeon

Work & commute in White Pigeon, MI

Most working residents leave White Pigeon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (12%), White Pigeon (8%) and Sturgis (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 768 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 721 White Pigeon residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Pigeon.

721live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Pigeon goes to work

Elkhart, IN17.6 mi away

12%91

White Pigeon2.9 mi away

8%58

Sturgis11.9 mi away

7%55

Middlebury, IN9.1 mi away

5%41

York, IN5.9 mi away

5%35

Three Rivers10.4 mi away

4%32

Goshen, IN17.9 mi away

3%26

Bristol, IN10.9 mi away

3%25

Mottville3.2 mi away

3%20

Constantine4.4 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%369

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

How far

How far White Pigeon commutes

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

28%

42%

12%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Pigeon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in White Pigeon are

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

Jobs based in White Pigeon

581 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs White Pigeon residents hold

768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+71%

Jobs based in White Pigeon, 2011 → 2021: 340 → 581. 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.