Work & commute · Castleton

Work & commute in Castleton, MI

Most working residents leave Castleton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hastings (9%), Odessa (6%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,215 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,170 Castleton residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castleton.

1,170live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castleton goes to work

Hastings8.1 mi away

9%111

Odessa11.4 mi away

6%67

Grand Rapids34.6 mi away

5%63

Castleton (in town)right here

4%45

Charlotte16 mi away

4%43

Thornapple19.4 mi away

3%42

Woodland5.8 mi away

3%34

Battle Creek24.3 mi away

3%32

Hastings5.8 mi away

3%32

Rutland12.3 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%716

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

How far

How far Castleton commutes

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

17%

34%

30%

18%

17%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castleton is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castleton are

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

Jobs based in Castleton

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Castleton residents hold

1,215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−23%

Jobs based in Castleton, 2011 → 2021: 331 → 256. 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.