Work & commute · Bangor

Work & commute in Bangor, MI

Most working residents leave Bangor for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are South Haven (10%), Kalamazoo (5%) and Paw Paw (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

65 of 665 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 600 Bangor residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bangor.

600live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bangor goes to work

Bangor (in town)right here

10%65

South Haven10 mi away

10%64

Kalamazoo27 mi away

5%35

Paw Paw11.8 mi away

4%28

Oshtemo20.9 mi away

3%22

Benton19.9 mi away

3%19

Grand Rapids50.5 mi away

2%16

Portage27.9 mi away

2%15

Covert8.7 mi away

2%14

Battle Creek45.2 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%375

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

How far

How far Bangor commutes

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

25%

29%

26%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bangor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bangor are

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

Jobs based in Bangor

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bangor residents hold

665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−9%

Jobs based in Bangor, 2011 → 2021: 1,007 → 920. 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.