Work & commute · Flowerfield

Work & commute in Flowerfield, MI

Most working residents leave Flowerfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Three Rivers (15%), Portage (9%) and Kalamazoo (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 713 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 709 Flowerfield residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flowerfield.

709live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
59work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Flowerfield goes to work

Three RiversSturgisKalamazooPortageLockportFlowerfieldMendonNottawaParkOshtemoMarcellusConstantineFabiusSchoolcraftBradyPrairie RondeThree RiversPortageKalamazooParkSchoolcraftMendonNottawaSturgisOshtemoConstantineFlowerfield
1
Three Rivers6.2 mi away
15%104
2
Portage13.2 mi away
9%63
3
Kalamazoo18.3 mi away
7%47
4
Park5.8 mi away
4%32
5
Schoolcraft8.4 mi away
4%29
6
Mendon11.4 mi away
3%21
7
Nottawa12.5 mi away
3%20
8
Sturgis20.9 mi away
2%15
9
Oshtemo18.4 mi away
2%15
10
Constantine12 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%352

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

How far

How far Flowerfield commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Flowerfield is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flowerfield are

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

Jobs based in Flowerfield

63 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Flowerfield residents hold

713 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+174%

Jobs based in Flowerfield, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 63. 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.

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