Work & commute · Baldwin

Work & commute in Baldwin, MI

Most working residents leave Baldwin for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pleasant Plains (10%), Webber (8%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

23 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 204 Baldwin residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baldwin.

204live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baldwin goes to work

Pleasant Plains2.8 mi away

10%23

Webber4 mi away

8%18

Grand Rapids65.4 mi away

6%13

Reed City17.3 mi away

3%7

Wyoming69.9 mi away

3%7

Ludington29.7 mi away

3%6

Muskegon50.6 mi away

3%6

Kentwood71.1 mi away

3%6

Norton Shores53.8 mi away

2%5

Plainfield58.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%131

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

How far

How far Baldwin commutes

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

20%

13%

14%

53%

20%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baldwin is a job hub

2.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Baldwin are

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

Jobs based in Baldwin

677 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Baldwin residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+96%

Jobs based in Baldwin, 2011 → 2021: 346 → 677. 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.