Work & commute · Johnstown

Work & commute in Johnstown, MI

Most working residents leave Johnstown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Battle Creek (18%), Hastings (9%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,151 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 1,130 Johnstown residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnstown.

1,130live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnstown goes to work

Battle Creek11.6 mi away

18%208

Hastings12.9 mi away

9%101

Grand Rapids40 mi away

5%56

Portage25.6 mi away

4%46

Kalamazoo21.8 mi away

3%32

Thornapple21.5 mi away

3%32

Barry6.5 mi away

2%27

Bedford5.8 mi away

2%26

Rutland13.5 mi away

2%26

Wyoming37.5 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%572

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

How far

How far Johnstown commutes

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

18%

44%

25%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnstown is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnstown are

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

Jobs based in Johnstown

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Johnstown residents hold

1,151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−15%

Jobs based in Johnstown, 2011 → 2021: 143 → 121. 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.