Work & commute · Hartford

Work & commute in Hartford, MI

Most working residents leave Hartford for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (8%), Lawrence (5%) and Watervliet (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 743 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

743live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Hartford (in town)right here

9%75

Benton13.3 mi away

8%65

Lawrence6.1 mi away

5%39

Watervliet4.3 mi away

4%35

Oshtemo24.3 mi away

4%32

Paw Paw11.5 mi away

4%31

Hartford2.7 mi away

3%28

Kalamazoo29.9 mi away

3%26

Antwerp18 mi away

3%26

Portage29.4 mi away

3%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%436

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

31%

29%

20%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

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

Jobs based in Hartford

419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−44%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2011 → 2021: 748 → 419. 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.