Work & commute · Caledonia

Work & commute in Caledonia, MI

Most working residents leave Caledonia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (19%), Kentwood (11%) and Caledonia (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 741 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 723 Caledonia residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 909 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caledonia.

723live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

909work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caledonia goes to work

Grand Rapids13.5 mi away

19%143

Kentwood7.3 mi away

11%82

Caledonia1.1 mi away

10%75

Cascade7.3 mi away

7%51

Wyoming11.7 mi away

7%49

Byron10.5 mi away

5%39

Gaines4.5 mi away

3%21

Walker18.5 mi away

3%20

Ada13.1 mi away

2%18

Grandville14 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%229

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.

44%

36%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caledonia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caledonia are

927 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

927 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Caledonia residents hold

741 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1%

Jobs based in Caledonia, 2011 → 2021: 918 → 927. 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.