Work & commute · Caledonia

Work & commute in Caledonia, MI

Most working residents leave Caledonia for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Owosso (15%), Corunna (7%) and Owosso (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 1,810 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,670 Caledonia residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 2,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caledonia.

1,670live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

2,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caledonia goes to work

Owosso3.7 mi away

15%266

Caledonia (in town)right here

8%140

Corunna1.3 mi away

7%124

Owosso6.9 mi away

4%74

Flint20.9 mi away

4%70

Flint17.1 mi away

3%55

Lansing30.5 mi away

3%48

Warren65 mi away

2%36

Troy56.5 mi away

2%36

Southfield56.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%935

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

How far

How far Caledonia commutes

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

36%

19%

21%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caledonia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caledonia are

2,384 jobs are based in Caledonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caledonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caledonia

2,384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Caledonia residents hold

1,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Caledonia, 2011 → 2021: 2,231 → 2,384. 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.