Work & commute · Kalamo

Work & commute in Kalamo, MI

Most working residents leave Kalamo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (11%), Charlotte (11%) and Marshall (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 552 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 546 Kalamo residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kalamo.

546live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kalamo goes to work

Lansing25.8 mi away

11%61

Charlotte9.7 mi away

11%59

Marshall20.3 mi away

6%35

Bellevue6.2 mi away

6%32

Delta21.8 mi away

4%22

East Lansing30.5 mi away

4%21

Olivet9.1 mi away

3%16

Hastings15 mi away

2%10

Watertown25.9 mi away

2%9

Pennfield13 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%278

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

How far

How far Kalamo commutes

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

18%

33%

28%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kalamo is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kalamo are

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

Jobs based in Kalamo

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Kalamo residents hold

552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+161%

Jobs based in Kalamo, 2011 → 2021: 54 → 141. 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.