Work & commute · Coloma

Work & commute in Coloma, MI

Most working residents leave Coloma for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (12%), St. Joseph (7%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 558 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 520 Coloma residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coloma.

520live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coloma goes to work

Benton6.7 mi away

12%67

St. Joseph11 mi away

7%39

Coloma (in town)right here

7%38

Grand Rapids63 mi away

6%35

Lincoln15.5 mi away

4%25

Coloma1.5 mi away

4%23

St. Joseph11.9 mi away

3%17

Watervliet3.2 mi away

3%15

Oronoko17.4 mi away

2%13

Royalton13.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%274

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

How far

How far Coloma commutes

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

34%

30%

11%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coloma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coloma are

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

Jobs based in Coloma

653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Coloma residents hold

558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+167%

Jobs based in Coloma, 2011 → 2021: 245 → 653. 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.