Work & commute · Coleman

Work & commute in Coleman, MI

Most working residents leave Coleman for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (22%), Mount Pleasant (6%) and Warren (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 436 Coleman residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coleman.

436live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coleman goes to work

Midland20 mi away

22%104

Coleman (in town)right here

7%32

Mount Pleasant14.7 mi away

6%30

Warren2.4 mi away

6%27

Chippewa12.2 mi away

4%20

Clare9.9 mi away

4%18

Saginaw39.5 mi away

3%12

Saginaw35.4 mi away

2%9

Union17.1 mi away

2%9

Grant12.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%198

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

How far

How far Coleman commutes

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

16%

47%

15%

21%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coleman is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coleman are

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

Jobs based in Coleman

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Coleman residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+127%

Jobs based in Coleman, 2011 → 2021: 124 → 281. 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.