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Work & commute in Baltimore, MI

Most working residents leave Baltimore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Battle Creek (15%), Hastings (10%) and Kalamazoo (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
10 of 729 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 719 Baltimore residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baltimore.

719live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
65work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Baltimore goes to work

PlainwellSt. LouisSpringfieldHastingsKalamazooWyomingGrand RapidsBattle CreekPortageEmmettThornappleJohnstownHopeHastingsBaltimoreBarryMaple GroveRutlandOrangevilleBattle CreekHastingsKalamazooGrand RapidsPortageThornappleWyomingRutlandEmmettBarryBaltimore
1
Battle Creek17.9 mi away
15%112
2
Hastings6.7 mi away
10%71
3
Kalamazoo26.2 mi away
4%32
4
Grand Rapids34.8 mi away
4%32
5
Portage30.5 mi away
4%32
6
Thornapple16.9 mi away
4%28
7
Wyoming32.8 mi away
3%22
8
Rutland8.5 mi away
3%21
9
Emmett20.4 mi away
2%16
10
Barry9.1 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%348

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

How far

How far Baltimore commutes

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

18%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Baltimore is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baltimore are

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

Jobs based in Baltimore

75 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities40%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Baltimore residents hold

729 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+70%

Jobs based in Baltimore, 2011 → 2021: 44 → 75. 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.

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