Work & commute · Homer

Work & commute in Homer, MI

Most working residents leave Homer for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (7%), Litchfield (6%) and Coldwater (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

166 of 1,067 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 901 Homer residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homer.

901live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homer goes to work

Homer (in town)right here

16%166

Marshall14.4 mi away

7%77

Litchfield5.5 mi away

6%62

Coldwater16.5 mi away

5%49

Kalamazoo43 mi away

4%43

Battle Creek26.4 mi away

4%42

Clarendon5.2 mi away

3%31

Albion5.5 mi away

3%27

Albion9.1 mi away

2%22

Lansing42.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%528

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

How far

How far Homer commutes

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

33%

27%

17%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homer is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homer are

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

Jobs based in Homer

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Homer residents hold

1,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−42%

Jobs based in Homer, 2011 → 2021: 901 → 525. 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.