Work & commute · Alamo

Work & commute in Alamo, MI

Most working residents leave Alamo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (22%), Portage (8%) and Oshtemo (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 1,628 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,540 Alamo residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo.

1,540live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo goes to work

Kalamazoo9.1 mi away

22%353

Portage13.7 mi away

8%138

Oshtemo6.4 mi away

6%103

Alamo (in town)right here

5%88

Kalamazoo6 mi away

4%73

Allegan12.8 mi away

3%53

Comstock13.1 mi away

3%53

Otsego5.4 mi away

3%51

Plainwell5.3 mi away

2%40

Antwerp13.6 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%645

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

How far

How far Alamo commutes

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

44%

30%

13%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo are

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

Jobs based in Alamo

833 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Alamo residents hold

1,628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+40%

Jobs based in Alamo, 2011 → 2021: 594 → 833. 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.