Work & commute · Butler

Work & commute in Butler, MI

Most working residents leave Butler for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Coldwater (31%), Coldwater (5%) and Litchfield (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 508 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 505 Butler residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler.

505live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler goes to work

Coldwater8.4 mi away

31%157

Coldwater9.1 mi away

5%25

Litchfield6.5 mi away

5%24

Marshall17.2 mi away

3%15

Quincy6 mi away

3%14

Battle Creek26.1 mi away

3%13

Jonesville11.7 mi away

2%11

Hillsdale14.1 mi away

2%9

Emmett21.2 mi away

2%9

Sturgis32.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%223

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

How far

How far Butler commutes

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

41%

23%

13%

24%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler are

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

Jobs based in Butler

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Butler residents hold

508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+66%

Jobs based in Butler, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 68. 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.