Work & commute · Colfax

Work & commute in Colfax, MI

Most working residents leave Colfax for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hart (13%), Hart (9%) and Shelby (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 184 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 180 Colfax residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colfax.

180live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colfax goes to work

Hart14.5 mi away

13%23

Hart13.1 mi away

9%17

Shelby16.1 mi away

4%8

Whitehall28.4 mi away

3%6

Muskegon38.6 mi away

3%6

Pere Marquette19.2 mi away

3%6

Ludington21.3 mi away

3%5

Grand Rapids60.4 mi away

3%5

Fremont22.7 mi away

2%4

Riverton13.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%100

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.

43%

21%

31%

5%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colfax is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colfax are

182 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

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Colfax residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+67%

Jobs based in Colfax, 2011 → 2021: 109 → 182. 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.