Work & commute · Gun Plain

Work & commute in Gun Plain, MI

Most working residents leave Gun Plain for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (12%), Plainwell (7%) and Portage (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

125 of 2,736 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,611 Gun Plain residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 2,238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gun Plain.

2,611live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

2,238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gun Plain goes to work

Kalamazoo12.5 mi away

12%325

Plainwell2.8 mi away

7%187

Portage17.9 mi away

6%173

Allegan13.8 mi away

6%163

Gun Plain (in town)right here

5%125

Otsego5.6 mi away

4%102

Grand Rapids35 mi away

3%91

Kalamazoo10 mi away

3%78

Oshtemo13.1 mi away

3%69

Kentwood29.6 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,361

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

How far

How far Gun Plain commutes

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

24%

42%

20%

15%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gun Plain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gun Plain are

2,363 jobs are based in Gun Plain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gun Plain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gun Plain

2,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Gun Plain residents hold

2,736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+155%

Jobs based in Gun Plain, 2011 → 2021: 925 → 2,363. 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.