Work & commute · Hagar

Work & commute in Hagar, MI

Most working residents leave Hagar for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (14%), St. Joseph (13%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,188 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,131 Hagar residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hagar.

1,131live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hagar goes to work

Benton5.5 mi away

14%161

St. Joseph8.7 mi away

13%155

Grand Rapids64.5 mi away

5%60

Hagar (in town)right here

5%57

St. Joseph10.1 mi away

4%53

Lincoln14 mi away

4%50

Coloma3.2 mi away

2%28

Royalton12.3 mi away

2%23

Benton Harbor6.6 mi away

2%22

Lake20.7 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%557

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

How far

How far Hagar commutes

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

39%

23%

13%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hagar is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hagar are

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

Jobs based in Hagar

522 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hagar residents hold

1,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−89%

Jobs based in Hagar, 2011 → 2021: 4,573 → 522. 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.