Work & commute · Colon

Work & commute in Colon, MI

Most working residents leave Colon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sturgis (10%), Colon (8%) and Lockport (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 499 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 460 Colon residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colon.

460live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colon goes to work

Sturgis12.6 mi away

10%48

Colon1.9 mi away

8%42

Lockport13.5 mi away

6%31

Coldwater16.7 mi away

5%23

Nottawa8.3 mi away

4%22

Mendon8.8 mi away

3%17

Sturgis14.6 mi away

3%16

Three Rivers15.8 mi away

3%15

Elkhart, IN38 mi away

3%14

Battle Creek23.6 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%258

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

How far

How far Colon commutes

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

16%

44%

21%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colon is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colon are

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

Jobs based in Colon

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Colon residents hold

499 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−41%

Jobs based in Colon, 2011 → 2021: 633 → 373. 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.