With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Michigan City works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home; North Dakota has 8%. Michigan City has 39 jobs; 78 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Michigan City; the top destination outside it is Lakota (14%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Michigan City by day
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Michigan City on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Michigan City: the destinations
Where Michigan City clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
12% 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.
In Michigan City, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Michigan City, 2014 → 2024: 29 → 39. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Michigan City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Michigan City, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Michigan City workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% 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.
How far it is to work from Michigan City
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Michigan City: questions
What is the median household income in Michigan City?
$75,000 (±$17,143) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Michigan City?
4.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Michigan City?
19 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Michigan City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakota (14%, 10 mi), Devils Lake (13%, 35 mi), Fargo (12%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Michigan City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Michigan City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Michigan City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.