Work & commute · Coldwater

Work & commute in Coldwater, MI

Most working residents leave Coldwater for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (13%), Clare (9%) and Union (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 312 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 310 Coldwater residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coldwater.

310live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coldwater goes to work

Mount Pleasant17.2 mi away

13%41

Clare13.3 mi away

9%28

Union17 mi away

5%16

Grant12.8 mi away

4%14

Midland40.6 mi away

3%10

Evart15.2 mi away

3%9

Vernon10.8 mi away

3%8

Chippewa22 mi away

3%8

Surrey7.9 mi away

2%7

Alma32.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%165

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

How far

How far Coldwater commutes

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

49%

11%

33%

7%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coldwater is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coldwater are

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

Jobs based in Coldwater

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Coldwater residents hold

312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+180%

Jobs based in Coldwater, 2011 → 2021: 5 → 14. 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.