Work & commute · Fredonia

Work & commute in Fredonia, MI

Most working residents leave Fredonia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (17%), Battle Creek (11%) and Coldwater (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 628 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 625 Fredonia residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fredonia.

625live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fredonia goes to work

Marshall4.9 mi away

17%109

Battle Creek13.2 mi away

11%69

Coldwater17.5 mi away

8%49

Emmett7.7 mi away

4%28

Marshall6.4 mi away

3%21

Portage29.8 mi away

3%20

Tekonsha5.5 mi away

2%14

Coldwater19.6 mi away

2%14

Kalamazoo30.1 mi away

2%11

Springfield14.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%284

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

How far

How far Fredonia commutes

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

30%

33%

16%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fredonia is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fredonia are

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

Jobs based in Fredonia

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fredonia residents hold

628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+32%

Jobs based in Fredonia, 2011 → 2021: 34 → 45. 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.