Work & commute · Galesburg

Work & commute in Galesburg, MI

Most working residents leave Galesburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (16%), Battle Creek (12%) and Portage (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 862 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 847 Galesburg residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galesburg.

847live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galesburg goes to work

Kalamazoo8.8 mi away

16%141

Battle Creek9.6 mi away

12%106

Portage11 mi away

11%94

Comstock2.7 mi away

9%74

Kalamazoo10.4 mi away

5%39

Richland6.5 mi away

3%26

Oshtemo14.7 mi away

3%22

Charleston3.6 mi away

2%16

Galesburg (in town)right here

2%15

Emmett15.7 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%315

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

How far

How far Galesburg commutes

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

51%

25%

16%

51%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galesburg is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galesburg are

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

Jobs based in Galesburg

367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Galesburg residents hold

862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+35%

Jobs based in Galesburg, 2011 → 2021: 272 → 367. 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.