Work & commute · Deerfield

Work & commute in Deerfield, MI

Most working residents leave Deerfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (32%), Union (9%) and Chippewa (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,322 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,301 Deerfield residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerfield.

1,301live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerfield goes to work

Mount Pleasant6.4 mi away

32%422

Union4.5 mi away

9%121

Chippewa12.3 mi away

7%93

Midland33.6 mi away

4%52

Alma19.3 mi away

3%44

Lansing63.3 mi away

2%31

Broomfield6.7 mi away

2%28

Nottawa5.5 mi away

2%24

Deerfield (in town)right here

2%21

Fremont6.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%468

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

How far

How far Deerfield commutes

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

52%

15%

12%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerfield is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerfield are

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

Jobs based in Deerfield

207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Deerfield residents hold

1,322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+74%

Jobs based in Deerfield, 2011 → 2021: 119 → 207. 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.