Work & commute · Hillsdale

Work & commute in Hillsdale, MI

About one in 3 of Hillsdale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jonesville (7%), Coldwater (4%) and Ann Arbor (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

863 of 2,995 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 2,132 Hillsdale residents head out of town to work, 863 work right here, and 3,999 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsdale.

2,132live here, work elsewhere

863live and work here

3,999work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsdale goes to work

Hillsdale (in town)right here

29%863

Jonesville3.3 mi away

7%211

Coldwater18.6 mi away

4%133

Ann Arbor52.3 mi away

4%108

Jackson24.9 mi away

3%96

Litchfield9.8 mi away

3%76

Hillsdale1.5 mi away

2%67

Toledo, OH57.3 mi away

1%43

Blackman27.7 mi away

1%42

Adrian30.5 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,321

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

How far

How far Hillsdale commutes

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

43%

17%

31%

43%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsdale is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsdale are

4,862 jobs are based in Hillsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hillsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hillsdale

4,862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hillsdale residents hold

2,995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+53%

Jobs based in Hillsdale, 2011 → 2021: 3,173 → 4,862. 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.