Work & commute · Colfax

Work & commute in Colfax, MI

Most working residents leave Colfax for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (22%), Grand Rapids (9%) and Big Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 756 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 744 Colfax residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colfax.

744live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colfax goes to work

Big Rapids5.4 mi away

22%166

Grand Rapids51.6 mi away

9%68

Big Rapids6.2 mi away

6%45

Reed City14.8 mi away

5%35

Kentwood56 mi away

3%20

Evart16 mi away

3%19

Rockford38.6 mi away

2%14

Mecosta8.1 mi away

2%13

Mount Pleasant30.6 mi away

2%12

Cascade54.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%352

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.

35%

14%

18%

33%

35%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colfax is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colfax are

69 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

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Colfax residents hold

756 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+146%

Jobs based in Colfax, 2011 → 2021: 28 → 69. 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.