Shoreham has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 24% of workers; Michigan has 14%. 32 jobs are based in Shoreham, against 357 working residents. Hardly any work in Shoreham; the top destination outside it is Benton Township (23%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shoreham, in a few figures
Shoreham is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Shoreham, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Shoreham has about 530 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Shoreham works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Shoreham: St. Joseph (14%), Lincoln Township (8%) and St. Joseph Township (7%). Next door ↓
Most Shoreham residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 357 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Shoreham: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Shoreham on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Shoreham
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where the trip to work from Shoreham ends
Where Shoreham clocks in
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Shoreham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shoreham, 2011 → 2021: 147 → 32. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shoreham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Shoreham takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shoreham workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Next door is work for 29% of Shoreham
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shoreham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreham | – | — | — | 17 min | $113,750 |
| St. Joseph Township | 7% | B− | B | 19 min | $94,926 |
| St. Joseph | 14% | A− | A | 20 min | $84,057 |
| Lincoln Township | 8% | B | C− | 19 min | $98,228 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Joseph. Darker towns draw more of Shoreham’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Shoreham: questions
What is the median household income in Shoreham?
$113,750 (±$13,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shoreham?
2.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shoreham?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shoreham work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton Township (23%, 7 mi), St. Joseph (14%, 3 mi), Lincoln Township (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Shoreham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shoreham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shoreham
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.