Work & commute · Courtland

Work & commute in Courtland, MI

Most working residents leave Courtland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (24%), Rockford (7%) and Plainfield (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 3,893 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,782 Courtland residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Courtland.

3,782live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Courtland goes to work

Grand Rapids16.7 mi away

24%927

Rockford4.1 mi away

7%258

Plainfield9.1 mi away

6%215

Walker18.1 mi away

5%178

Wyoming22.2 mi away

4%161

Kentwood20.3 mi away

4%160

Cascade18.7 mi away

4%157

Courtland (in town)right here

3%111

Cedar Springs5 mi away

3%105

Grand Rapids13 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,552

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

How far

How far Courtland commutes

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

20%

56%

16%

20%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Courtland is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Courtland are

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

Jobs based in Courtland

652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Courtland residents hold

3,893 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+101%

Jobs based in Courtland, 2011 → 2021: 324 → 652. 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.