Work & commute · Antwerp

Work & commute in Antwerp, MI

Most working residents leave Antwerp for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (16%), Portage (10%) and Paw Paw (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

952 of 5,987 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 5,035 Antwerp residents head out of town to work, 952 work right here, and 3,916 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Antwerp.

5,035live here, work elsewhere

952live and work here

3,916work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Antwerp goes to work

Kalamazoo12.5 mi away

16%953

Antwerp (in town)right here

16%952

Portage11.4 mi away

10%584

Paw Paw6.5 mi away

6%362

Oshtemo8 mi away

5%276

Texas5.6 mi away

3%190

Comstock18.5 mi away

3%163

Kalamazoo12.5 mi away

3%160

Battle Creek30.6 mi away

2%104

Grand Rapids52.9 mi away

1%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,164

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

How far

How far Antwerp commutes

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

32%

40%

12%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Antwerp is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Antwerp are

4,868 jobs are based in Antwerp. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antwerp’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Antwerp

4,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Antwerp residents hold

5,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Antwerp, 2011 → 2021: 4,179 → 4,868. 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.