Work & commute · Elbridge

Work & commute in Elbridge, MI

Most working residents leave Elbridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hart (13%), Hart (8%) and Colfax (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 373 Elbridge residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elbridge.

373live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elbridge goes to work

Hart8 mi away

13%48

Hart6.2 mi away

8%31

Colfax7.8 mi away

6%22

Leavitt5.6 mi away

4%15

Ludington21.7 mi away

4%14

Grand Rapids57.7 mi away

3%12

Shelby8.3 mi away

3%12

Muskegon32.2 mi away

3%11

Whitehall21.2 mi away

2%8

Kentwood63.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%195

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

How far

How far Elbridge commutes

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

33%

25%

13%

30%

33%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elbridge 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 Elbridge are

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

Jobs based in Elbridge

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Elbridge residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−68%

Jobs based in Elbridge, 2011 → 2021: 194 → 62. 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.