Work & commute · Hope

Work & commute in Hope, MI

Most working residents leave Hope for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (8%), Battle Creek (8%) and Hastings (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,343 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,295 Hope residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hope.

1,295live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hope goes to work

Kalamazoo22.4 mi away

8%111

Battle Creek18.9 mi away

8%102

Hastings7.7 mi away

7%94

Barry6.1 mi away

5%65

Grand Rapids31.7 mi away

4%55

Portage27.3 mi away

4%49

Hope (in town)right here

4%48

Wyoming29 mi away

3%47

Richland13.6 mi away

3%43

Comstock19.1 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%690

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

How far

How far Hope commutes

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

19%

41%

26%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hope is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hope are

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

Jobs based in Hope

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Hope residents hold

1,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Hope, 2011 → 2021: 219 → 219. 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.