Work & commute · Colfax

Work & commute in Colfax, MI

Most working residents leave Colfax for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (23%), Verona (8%) and Winsor (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

75 of 709 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 634 Colfax residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colfax.

634live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

1,145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colfax goes to work

Bad Axe3.4 mi away

23%166

Colfax (in town)right here

11%75

Verona6.6 mi away

8%54

Winsor11.3 mi away

5%35

Bingham8.7 mi away

2%13

Harbor Beach20.7 mi away

2%12

Elkland13.2 mi away

2%12

Saginaw53.8 mi away

2%11

Detroit98.4 mi away

1%10

Caro27.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%312

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

How far

How far Colfax commutes

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

46%

15%

32%

46%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colfax is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Colfax are

1,220 jobs are based in Colfax. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colfax’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colfax

1,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Colfax residents hold

709 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−9%

Jobs based in Colfax, 2011 → 2021: 1,341 → 1,220. 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.