Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, MI

Most working residents leave Arlington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (8%), Paw Paw (8%) and Lawrence (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 690 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 661 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

661live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Kalamazoo23.3 mi away

8%53

Paw Paw8.3 mi away

8%53

Lawrence6.2 mi away

8%52

South Haven13.7 mi away

6%44

Bangor3.8 mi away

5%37

Oshtemo17.3 mi away

5%32

Arlington (in town)right here

4%29

Portage24.1 mi away

4%26

Battle Creek41.7 mi away

3%18

Grand Rapids50.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%335

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

27%

34%

22%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

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

Jobs based in Arlington

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+184%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2011 → 2021: 58 → 165. 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.