Work & commute · Eckford

Work & commute in Eckford, MI

Most working residents leave Eckford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (14%), Battle Creek (11%) and Homer (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 519 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 512 Eckford residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eckford.

512live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eckford goes to work

Marshall6.6 mi away

14%74

Battle Creek18.8 mi away

11%59

Homer7.9 mi away

4%22

Coldwater17.9 mi away

4%21

Albion7.8 mi away

3%15

Emmett12.7 mi away

3%14

Litchfield12.7 mi away

3%13

Kalamazoo36.1 mi away

3%13

Jackson25.2 mi away

2%12

Lansing39.8 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%264

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

How far

How far Eckford commutes

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

31%

35%

13%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eckford is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eckford are

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

Jobs based in Eckford

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Eckford residents hold

519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−43%

Jobs based in Eckford, 2011 → 2021: 267 → 151. 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.