Work & commute · Fowler

Work & commute in Fowler, MI

Most working residents leave Fowler for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (16%), St. Johns (12%) and Dallas (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 538 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 508 Fowler residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fowler.

508live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fowler goes to work

Lansing22 mi away

16%84

St. Johns9.4 mi away

12%62

Dallas1.5 mi away

8%42

Delta19.5 mi away

7%39

East Lansing22 mi away

6%31

Ionia16.9 mi away

2%12

Bengal3.8 mi away

2%9

Watertown13.7 mi away

1%8

Lansing20 mi away

1%8

Walker51.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%236

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

How far

How far Fowler commutes

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

25%

45%

12%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fowler is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fowler are

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

Jobs based in Fowler

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Fowler residents hold

538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+38%

Jobs based in Fowler, 2011 → 2021: 243 → 336. 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.