Work & commute · Homer

Work & commute in Homer, MI

Most working residents leave Homer for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Homer (15%), Litchfield (7%) and Marshall (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

84 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 531 Homer residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homer.

531live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homer goes to work

Homer2.7 mi away

15%93

Litchfield7.9 mi away

7%43

Marshall11.8 mi away

7%41

Coldwater16.9 mi away

5%29

Battle Creek23.9 mi away

4%25

Albion4.1 mi away

3%20

Kalamazoo40.8 mi away

3%19

Clarendon4.3 mi away

3%18

Albion7.5 mi away

2%15

Lansing41.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%299

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.

35%

27%

16%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Homer are

466 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

466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Homer residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−44%

Jobs based in Homer, 2011 → 2021: 837 → 466. 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.