Work & commute · Bronson

Work & commute in Bronson, MI

Most working residents leave Bronson for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Coldwater (18%), Sturgis (10%) and Coldwater (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,004 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 927 Bronson residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bronson.

927live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bronson goes to work

Coldwater11.1 mi away

18%177

Sturgis12.8 mi away

10%101

Bronson (in town)right here

8%77

Coldwater11.6 mi away

4%41

Battle Creek29.6 mi away

2%22

Jackson, IN15 mi away

2%22

Elkhart, IN41.7 mi away

2%21

Sturgis15.8 mi away

2%21

Bethel4.3 mi away

2%20

Bronson3.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%484

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

How far

How far Bronson commutes

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

16%

44%

18%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bronson is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bronson are

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

Jobs based in Bronson

478 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Bronson residents hold

1,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−35%

Jobs based in Bronson, 2011 → 2021: 732 → 478. 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.